wraggster
August 21st, 2015, 22:03
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If you never use Google Play Games, Google Play Books (http://www.engadget.com/tag/GooglePlayBooks/), Google+ or Google Newsstand (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/29/rolling-stone-archive-google-play-newsstand/), than good news: none of them will be installed on your next Android phone. The suite of apps used to be mandatory for any manufacturer that wanted to sell a device with essential apps like Google Play and Gmail, but new partner guidelines have taken them off of the required pre-install list. Put simply, this means there will be just a little more free space on the next Android smartphone you buy. And if you do use those apps? They're still available -- you'll just have to download them from the Google Play store (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/30/google-app-ads-play-store/) to use them.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/20/your-next-android-phone-wont-have-as-many-pre-installed-apps/
If you never use Google Play Games, Google Play Books (http://www.engadget.com/tag/GooglePlayBooks/), Google+ or Google Newsstand (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/29/rolling-stone-archive-google-play-newsstand/), than good news: none of them will be installed on your next Android phone. The suite of apps used to be mandatory for any manufacturer that wanted to sell a device with essential apps like Google Play and Gmail, but new partner guidelines have taken them off of the required pre-install list. Put simply, this means there will be just a little more free space on the next Android smartphone you buy. And if you do use those apps? They're still available -- you'll just have to download them from the Google Play store (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/30/google-app-ads-play-store/) to use them.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/20/your-next-android-phone-wont-have-as-many-pre-installed-apps/