In certain ways Google Play Services make Android even more fragmented than it already is, by lifting key components out of the operating system itself and into

In certain ways Google Play Services make Android even more fragmented than it already is, by lifting key components out of the operating system itself and into the Play Services bolt-on. This is certainly true if you count devices like the Kindle - which don't have Play Services - as Android devices (and conversely less true if you don't).