There are examples on the recent ArsTechnica article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-

There are examples on the recent ArsTechnica article: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/4/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-... As you say, advanced location services, and then Cloud Messaging (an upgraded Push Notifications API), and some APIs which do accelerometer/sensor analysis. Maps API, Play Store In-App purchasing and Play Games (user accounts, cloud saves etc for game developers) are already there. You're right to pull me up on the post, though. It's not really correct to talk about moving the APIs into Play Services, so much as developing what's there, and creating new interfaces with new, advanced features. But still, that doesn't alter the basic point, which is that a lot of Android Apps won't work on systems which do not have Play Services installed.