Google Play services

Google LLC

About this app

Google Play services is used to update Google apps and apps from Google Play.
This component provides core functionality like authentication to your Google services, synchronized contacts, access to all the latest user privacy settings, and higher quality, lower-powered location based services.
Google Play services also enhances your app experience. It speeds up offline searches, provides more immersive maps, and improves gaming experiences.
Apps may not work if you uninstall Google Play services.

Ratings and reviews

The app will automatically download games that I haven't chosen. Especially when I'm not using my phone. If there is a way to turn this feature off, it's not clear. Setting for this app are hard to find and it needs all permissions turned on or it might not work right. I have also scanned my device for viruses in malware. No problems can be found when I do the scan, so that is not the problem.

I was prompted to update, even though it was up to date. I uninstalled/reinstalled and had to set everything up all over again. However, my location isn't working anymore! I've tried all the troubleshooting steps I could find but I'm not receiving any prompts or options to "always allow" location for my Google Play Services app. it's not popping up in my recent access no matter what I do and it absolutely sucks

I mean, it's great and all, although I don't know exactly what it even does, but I have an issue with it. I don't know if it's just my phone being weird, but I keep getting notifications that my Google play and messages won't work properly without updating this app. one problem, though, there is no update I can access. either some update didn't go through/work, or it's not giving me the update. regardless, it's annoying when my gc messages aren't loading or when I can't text for a while.