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Quite an impressive feat. First app to do so
If you're not familiar with how the Play Store works, it's important to note that Play Services hasn't actually been manually downloaded that many times. When someone logs into an Android device with their Google account, Google Play marks the pre-installed apps as downloads. So in reality, this means over five billion devices with Play Services installed were used at some point.
This lines up with Google's claim made at Google I/O, where the company said there were two billion active Android devices. It's not clear if Google's claim was only counting devices with Play Services, because there are many more phones and tablets without Google's suite of software (especially in countries like China).
If you're not familiar with how the Play Store works, it's important to note that Play Services hasn't actually been manually downloaded that many times. When someone logs into an Android device with their Google account, Google Play marks the pre-installed apps as downloads. So in reality, this means over five billion devices with Play Services installed were used at some point.
This lines up with Google's claim made at Google I/O, where the company said there were two billion active Android devices. It's not clear if Google's claim was only counting devices with Play Services, because there are many more phones and tablets without Google's suite of software (especially in countries like China).
It takes a little while for that number to sink in haha. 5 BILLION. Crazy. Obviously that number will continue to grow and grow as the years go by but then it will be more about how many active users there are and not about how many have "downloaded" since 2010 or so.
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