GOOGLE SERVICE INTEGRATION

Google Play Game Services can be used by application developers to allow a more competitive and social experience through the use of leader boards, both public and between friends, achievements and multi-player sessions. Saved Games API is available to quickly sync game saves on Google's cloud infrastructure as well. " Wiara Technologies " gives information about The Location APIs abstract away specifics about the location technologies, providing Geofencing APIs for scheduling specific actions upon the user entering or leaving specific Geographic boundaries, Fused Location Provider for acquiring location information with as reduced power usage as possible and activity recognition for allowing applications to adapt to the current action of the user.

Any party interested in distributing Google Play Services as a part of the Google apps package must acquire a license from Google, which often results in a contractual agreement locking the manufacturer into Android.[citation needed] Additionally, enthusiasts who are not able to or are not interested in signing such an agreement, but are interested in modifying the Android system are required to either opt-out of Google Play Services or for obtaining the Google apps package either from a device which has them pre-installed or an unofficial source.