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A lot of google apps are running on startup. They backup your files, contacts and profiles with the cloud periodically and wait for messages/emails.

vetinari 9y ago
They are not running, only Play Services is and you need that anyway. It is event based, the app is only launched and notified, when the push notification comes. And even that may be delayed, because the push notifications might be delayed to get the radio the chance to sleep and save battery.
- bigbugbag 9y ago
  They are running on my two android phones (4.2, 4.4 and 6.0). Android tries to scare me off stopping them will not allow me to disable most of them. I do not need play services, why would I need it for ? I'm not even sure what this does apart from insta-gobbling my 50Mo monthly data plan downloading updates I don't want and cannot cancel of applications I do not use.
  - vetinari 9y ago
    Play Services is a framework, used by other apps, includes handling Google Accounts and push notifications (and this is only the top of the iceberg). Without it, your device would become Kindle-like, and all the apps that do not run on Kindle (or other, Google-less Android versions) would not run on yours too. On my personal phone (Sony), I have only Play Services, Play Store, Gmail, Hangouts, Maps and Youtube enabled. All the other are disabled, including the 'Google' app.
    - vageli 9y ago
      > Without it, your device would become Kindle-like, and all the apps that do not run on Kindle (or other, Google-less Android versions) would not run on yours too. I take issue with this statement. Many apps which "depend" on play services work fine on my Google-free android. Some examples are tutanota, duo lingo, and some games. Though it's not an easy path, I wouldn't consider my cellphone experience "kindle-like".

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A lot of google apps are running on startup. They backup your files, contacts and profiles with the cloud periodically and wait for messages/emails.

by user5994461 9y ago

vetinari 9y ago
They are not running, only Play Services is and you need that anyway. It is event based, the app is only launched and notified, when the push notification comes. And even that may be delayed, because the push notifications might be delayed to get the radio the chance to sleep and save battery.
- bigbugbag 9y ago
  They are running on my two android phones (4.2, 4.4 and 6.0). Android tries to scare me off stopping them will not allow me to disable most of them. I do not need play services, why would I need it for ? I'm not even sure what this does apart from insta-gobbling my 50Mo monthly data plan downloading updates I don't want and cannot cancel of applications I do not use.
  - vetinari 9y ago
    Play Services is a framework, used by other apps, includes handling Google Accounts and push notifications (and this is only the top of the iceberg). Without it, your device would become Kindle-like, and all the apps that do not run on Kindle (or other, Google-less Android versions) would not run on yours too. On my personal phone (Sony), I have only Play Services, Play Store, Gmail, Hangouts, Maps and Youtube enabled. All the other are disabled, including the 'Google' app.
    - vageli 9y ago
      > Without it, your device would become Kindle-like, and all the apps that do not run on Kindle (or other, Google-less Android versions) would not run on yours too. I take issue with this statement. Many apps which "depend" on play services work fine on my Google-free android. Some examples are tutanota, duo lingo, and some games. Though it's not an easy path, I wouldn't consider my cellphone experience "kindle-like".