Earlier this year, Google revealed that it’s over three billion active Android devices, which include smartphones and tablets.
These devices are all running various versions of the Android OS , from the older versions like Gingerbread all the high to Android 11, which was released last September. Google, which is ready to launch Android 12, has revealed that it’s now slapping a ban on Google accounts of the many users who have the old versions of its software including Android 2.3 – also mentioned as Android Gingerbread.
So, this suggests that if you’ve got this software on your phone, Google has banned YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps apps for you. In fact, YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps apps will pack up on all older devices running thereon OS version.
Google had announced that, ranging from September 27, the Android devices that were running on version 2.3.7 and older would not be granted the power to check in .
Google’s services like Google Maps, YouTube and Gmail all believe a signed-in Google account to function properly, which suggests that users won’t be ready to use these services any more , on these older devices.
Users will still be ready to access these services on their mobile browser, but will miss out on app-only features on their device. they will check the newest update for his or her phone by visiting Settings > Advanced > System Update on their smartphone.
Most users, however, won’t got to worry, as Android 2.3 Gingerbread was released back in 2010, and hardly any ten-year-old Android devices are active today, variety that’s low enough for Google to pack up support for the service.
Google has also said it’s removing support for this outdated OS as a part of its ongoing efforts to stay users safe on the platform. the corporate had previously barred contactless payments on devices running the older OS back in 2017.
f a user tries to log in to their Android smartphone running the very outdated Android 2.3 OS , they’re going to see a mistake associated with the username and password.
Even if they struggle and enter the small print again, Google will display an equivalent error message, and therefore the only thanks to fix the difficulty are going to be to upgrade to a replacement version of Android, namely Android 3.0 or Android 4.0, if such an update is out there for the device. just in case there’s no update available, users will simply need to upgrade their smartphone to a more moderen model, which is running a newer version of the OS .
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