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The Kindle Fire is the most obvious example of this. While it runs Android, it lacks the Play Store, any built-in Google services, or even any mention of Google at all.

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One of the prerequisites for Android Auto is having Google Play Services fully up-to-date, as in some cases, you could miss out on a specific improvement that depends on the latest version.

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Google has told Android developers that they won't be able to publish their applications on the Google Play store if the app uses accessibility services for anything other than its intended ...