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Would not surprise me that if you replaced the Google blob with MiniG that battery life would improve on Android. I keep seeing report after report that Play S

Would not surprise me that if you replaced the Google blob with MiniG that battery life would improve on Android. I keep seeing report after report that Play Services in particular can be a real drain.

JensRex 9y ago
>MiniG What is this? I tried searching for it, but got nothing useful. Only things related to crypto mining, and other unrelated nonsense. It sounds interesting.
- Firerouge 9y ago
  Probably referring to this: https://github.com/opengapps/opengapps/wiki/Mini-Package https://github.com/opengapps/opengapps/wiki/Mini-Package
- RussianCow 9y ago
  I think they meant microG, which is a project that aims to replace Google Play Services with its own, API-compatible implementation. https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/
- on_and_off 9y ago
  I think op means micro-g Soo on Android many non basic features are enabled through Play Services. It is basically a huge library from Google that auto updates itself. Chromecast is a good example of a feature delivered entirely through play services. Google login also works that way. Many apps leverage Play Services in some way. It is common to check your play services version at startup and ask the user to update them if they are out of date compared to what your app targets. Micro-g reproduces the Play Services API and tries to deliver an open source equivalent to some of its features. I don't really buy the argument that Play Services nullifies AOSP in any way but it is interesting to see another alternative (amazon also has a similar project) that is open source.
on_and_off 9y ago
That seems probable but also misleading. Play Services is choke full of features, so it tends to be very high in the battery useage list. Replacing it with MiniG that uses the same API with way less features can only decrease battery consumption.
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JensRex 9y ago

>MiniG What is this? I tried searching for it, but got nothing useful. Only things related to crypto mining, and other unrelated nonsense. It sounds interesting.

Firerouge 9y ago
Probably referring to this: https://github.com/opengapps/opengapps/wiki/Mini-Package https://github.com/opengapps/opengapps/wiki/Mini-Package
RussianCow 9y ago
I think they meant microG, which is a project that aims to replace Google Play Services with its own, API-compatible implementation. https://microg.org/ https://microg.org/
on_and_off 9y ago
I think op means micro-g Soo on Android many non basic features are enabled through Play Services. It is basically a huge library from Google that auto updates itself. Chromecast is a good example of a feature delivered entirely through play services. Google login also works that way. Many apps leverage Play Services in some way. It is common to check your play services version at startup and ask the user to update them if they are out of date compared to what your app targets. Micro-g reproduces the Play Services API and tries to deliver an open source equivalent to some of its features. I don't really buy the argument that Play Services nullifies AOSP in any way but it is interesting to see another alternative (amazon also has a similar project) that is open source.

on_and_off 9y ago

That seems probable but also misleading. Play Services is choke full of features, so it tends to be very high in the battery useage list. Replacing it with MiniG that uses the same API with way less features can only decrease battery consumption.

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