Google introduced Project Mainline in Android 10, modularizing OS components so feature and security updates could be delivered through Google Play instead of regular OTA updates. Android 10 launched with 12 supported Mainline modules, but in the latest release, that number has ballooned to 37 updatable modules. Here’s a look at how Project Mainline is changing in Android 14 and beyond.
If you can’t get OEMs to do their job – you have to do it yourself, it seems. The downside to this is that Android is getting less and less open by the year.
Thanks for this geometry dash online sharing.
SPAM!!!
Ironic considering I have to fill out a form on wordpress every time I try to login and post… sigh.
So, what if I don’t want Emoji Workshop Wallpaper, Cross-Device Services, Emoji Workshop Wallpaper, Google Home, Emoji Workshop Wallpaper, Google TV, Emoji Workshop Wallpaper, Health Connect, Emoji Workshop Wallpaper, Youtube Music, and Emoji Workshop Wallpaper on my phone?
I’m not 14. I zapping don’t want anything to do with emojis in general, and emojis combined with wallpapers in particular. Neither do I want google to know how many steps I walked on a given day.
But there is no way to uninstall these, save for rooting, which will make my banking app stop working. This Project Mainline thing is evolving into Google’s way of installing their junk on people’s phones, without asking.
I totally agree with your annoyance. But just a tip: it is usually possible to uninstall all of those bloatware apps without rooting the phone by using `adb` . Just search for “adb debloat MODELNAME” and you’ll find lists of the system names of all apps that are safe to uninstall.
Of course none of this should be necessary, and Google deserves every bit of criticism it receives for keeping crapware up-to-date while failing to offer comprehensive updates for the core of the OS.
Ohh, I knew that but getting old isn’t the best thing for memory. Thanks for the very good tip.
Well, yeah kind of. It prevents old, vulnerable junk that oems installed from staying that way on your phone. I don’t think it really adds things that weren’t already there. You may want a phone without all of that stuff and I mostly do too, but you can’t buy one new from anyone today. I think the health stuff stays on device, but not 100% sure about androids version of it.
Yeah, maybe the Murena Fairphone, but definitely not mainstream.
So what does it mean for AOSP-based ROMs and degoogled phones not using the Play Store? Any negative impact?
That was my first thought too. Smells like a cynical power grab coming from Google.
“delivered through Google Play”
So nothing…. on de googled roms.