Google Play services is the first Android app to hit 10 billion installs

Google Play services is the first Android app to hit 10 billion installs

+The app is, in reality, a package of APIs and services that have been pre-installed on Android devices that use Google apps since 2012.

As such, it is the first Android app to achieve "downloads" in the 11 digits.

Platform-level features can be distributed to end users through Play services. They can also track diagnostic data from devices.



Play services achieved 5 billion installs 3 years ago almost to the day, when Android was on 2 billion actively-used devices.

Today, the OS is now on more than 2.5 billion active devices.