We have released GMS updates for Android 9, 8.1 and 8.0.
In this release, we:
- Updated the GoogleRestore app for Android 9 to fix an issue that caused the device to consume more power unnecessarily.
- Updated the Setup Wizard for Android 9 to support a setup flow specifically for devices having a dedicated hardware Assistant button.
- Updated the Setup Wizard for Android 8.1 to disable the feature that automatically adds a number into the contacts of users in India. Please see the public article by The Verge describing the issue.
- Updated some GMS build makefiles for Android 9. As a result, the stub WebView app will be preloaded as ‘WebViewStub’ instead of ‘WebViewGoogle’ when Chrome is preloaded and acts as the WebView provider.
- Updated GoogleDialer app to version 23, which does not rely on native libraries. The Android.mk file for GoogleDialer has been updated accordingly.
- Updated the privapp-permissions-google.xml file to reflect the privileged permission android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS that was added to the Google app in version 8.15.15.21.
Find the updated apps in each release of the Google Product Geo-Availability on Android v2 spreadsheet tabs below: