Could that be?

Does anyone know how much Android must be inside so that Google allows the Google Play Services? There are many Android devices who do not even look like Android and have Google Play Services (Samsung, LG, Huawei,...)
Therefore, could it be that BlackBerry took QNX and packed the whole Android Apps, Libraries, ... at its top. Or must they use Linux as their kernel.

BlackBerry, what else?

Originally Posted by thejack68

Does anyone know how much Android must be inside so that Google allows the Google Play Services? There are many Android devices who do not even look like Android and have Google Play Services (Samsung, LG, Huawei,...)
Therefore, could it be that BlackBerry took QNX and packed the whole Android Apps, Libraries, ... at its top. Or must they use Linux as their kernel.

BlackBerry, what else?

So far, no phone that is not full Android on the inside got Google play services. Different manufactureres can use different launchers for their phones to make their flavor of Android different. That is one of the interesting things of Android, the main user interface (the launcher) is separate from the core OS and can be changed at any time with minimal effort.

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