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Title: Google certification
Post by: Pdajah on January 10, 2018, 07:38:13 pm

According to this Tweet Gemini is not Google certified

https://twitter.com/planetcom2017/status/95...46%7Ctwterm%5E1 (https://twitter.com/planetcom2017/status/951217531251036160?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Em5%7Ctwgr%5Eemail%7Ctwcon%5E7046%7Ctwterm%5E1)

Title: Google certification
Post by: depscribe on January 10, 2018, 07:47:12 pm

Quote from: Pdajah

According to this Tweet Gemini is not Google certified

Does this mean no Android, or just a lack of the Google apps that many of us would seek to remove anyway?

Title: Google certification
Post by: Varti on January 11, 2018, 03:21:08 am

From what I gather, the Google/Android certification ensures that:
- no malware is installed
- Google Play Protect (antivirus, Find My Device) and Google Apps (YouTube, Maps, Gmail, Chrome and Google Search) are installed
- Play Store apps work as intended (i.e. common functionalities such as backup and restore, or purchased video playback are working)

https://www.android.com/certified/ (https://www.android.com/certified/)

This would be certainly useful, but without the certification we'd still get both Android and the Play Store, so for me this won't be a dealbreaker.

Varti

Title: Google certification
Post by: depscribe on January 11, 2018, 01:31:38 pm

Quote from: Varti

This would be certainly useful, but without the certification we'd still get both Android and the Play Store, so for me this won't be a dealbreaker.

Would it have any bearing on carrier acceptance, do you suppose?