Google Play services now explains what it does directly on your Android phone - 9to5Google

Google Play services powers many key features connected Android devices that mightiness not beryllium evident to extremity users, and Google is present offering an mentation straight connected your telephone arsenic portion of a caller approach.

If you spell to Settings > Apps > See each > Google Play services, you’ll spot a caller “All Services” point arsenic the archetypal happening successful the App info database underneath Disable and Force stop. Tapping lets you “See details astir the services utilized connected your device.” Google’s high-level mentation of Play services follows:

Google Play services helps to marque your instrumentality much unafraid and reliable. It’s an important portion of galore of the features connected your device, and it’s antithetic from the Play Store app.

Keep successful caput that turning disconnected services tin interaction the mode your instrumentality works.

The past enactment makes explicit notation to however immoderate radical disable it. Google specifically highlights 17 capabilities. Tapping takes you to settings pages, portion the Info fastener adjacent to things takes you to assorted support/help articles. 

Of the devices we checked today, this is lone appearing connected Android 13 Pixel phones. The capableness that lets Play services adhd this “All services” leafage to App info requires the latest mentation of the OS.

Account management: Used for unafraid sign-in and amended power of your Google Account

• Links to settings for: Device telephone fig and Google Account

Ads: Used to power advertisement preferences and forestall advertisement spam

• Lets you: Reset advertizing ID, Delete advertizing ID, oregon Enable debug logging for ads
• Also shows instrumentality advertizing ID

Autofill with Google: Used to capable successful your info, specified arsenic passwords and outgo methods

• Shows settings to enable/disable Autofill with Google
• Links to your saved Personal information, Addresses, Payment methods, and Passwords, arsenic good arsenic Preferences

Contacts: Used to sync your contacts with your Google Account and different devices

• Links to settings for: Google Contacts sync and Restore contacts

Data backup and transfer: Used to backmost up and reconstruct your data, app settings, and relationship info

• Links to settings for: Settings > System > Backup

Developer features: Used for features that app developers tin see to marque their apps amended and much reliable

• Links to help page 

Device connections: Used for connecting to different devices, specified arsenic a car, watch, oregon Chromebook

• Links to settings for: Cast options, Chromebook, Devices, and Nearby Share

Fitness: Used for fittingness services successful apps, specified arsenic workout tracking and sharing information with different fittingness apps

• Links to settings for: Connect apps and devices and Manage data

Games: Used for automatic sign-in, leaderboards, achievements, and managing your gamer profile

• Links to settings for: Game Dashboard and Play Games

Location accuracy: Used to amended determination accuracy utilizing Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and sensors

• Lets you: Enable/disable Improve Location Accuracy 

Location sharing: Used erstwhile you stock your determination with others

• Lets you spot progressive shares

Safety & emergency: Used for exigency notifications and services, specified arsenic sharing your determination during exigency calls and receiving situation alerts

• Links to settings for: COVID-19 Exposure Notifications, Earthquake alerts, Emergency Location Service, and Silence notifications portion driving

Security: Used for information features specified arsenic encrypting passwords, locking your device, blocking spam calls, and locating a mislaid device

• Links to settings for: Find My Device, Password Manager, SMS verification codes, and Smart Lock

Support: Used for features specified arsenic instrumentality setup, providing feedback to Google, and contacting Google support

• Links to help page

System diagnostics: Used to cod information astir your instrumentality and services and amended instrumentality experience

• Links to settings for: Usage & diagnostics

System management: Used to support strategy services up to day and amended instrumentality performance

• Links to help page

Wallet: Used to wage for purchases made connected this device, including contactless payments

• Opens Google Wallet app

Thanks Dee!

Dylan Roussel contributed to this article.

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