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@bildar
In some rare cases we have to reverse engineer APIs from Google that are not in any capacity published by Google. We do this only if required for interoperability, which is a right provided through laws and regulations in many countries (incl. the EU) that can't be restricted by terms.

This makes all of our doing legal. Google would be able to restrict their services to detect and ban users of microG, but this may cause antitrust issues for them, so we expect it to be unlikely.
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@bildar
In some rare cases we have to reverse engineer APIs from Google that are not in any capacity published by Google. We do this only if required for interoperability, which is a right provided through laws and regulations in many countries (incl. the EU) that can't be restricted by terms.

This makes all of our doing legal. Google would be able to restrict their services to detect and ban users of microG, but this may cause antitrust issues for them, so we expect it to be unlikely.
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Hey @bildar,

Google Play Services is unrelated to Google Play Store. Google Play Services run in your device and no Google terms can forbid you to run other software like microG instead.

For some features and when not possible without it, we make use of Google APIs. These APIs are often (partially) public APIs openly documented (like Firebase and Account APIs) or already used in open source software published by Google (like Chromium) and don't come with restrictive terms.
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Hey @bildar,

Google Play Services is unrelated to Google Play Store. Google Play Services run in your device and no Google terms can forbid you to run other software like microG instead.

For some features and when not possible without it, we make use of Google APIs. These APIs are often (partially) public APIs openly documented (like Firebase and Account APIs) or already used in open source software published by Google (like Chromium) and don't come with restrictive terms.
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Today is official launch for NGI #Mobifree, an initiative to develop ethical mobile software - and #microG is part of it.

Together with projects like @e_mydata and @delta, we aim to tackle the issues that come from Big Tech companies dominating the industry, with support from researchers from @waag and others and funding from @EC_NGI

And if you are a developer that wants to contribute to this goal, there is funding for you as well via https://nlnet.nl/mobifree/, thanks to our friends at @NGIZero

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Today is official launch for NGI #Mobifree, an initiative to develop ethical mobile software - and #microG is part of it.

Together with projects like @e_mydata and @delta, we aim to tackle the issues that come from Big Tech companies dominating the industry, with support from researchers from @waag and others and funding from @EC_NGI

And if you are a developer that wants to contribute to this goal, there is funding for you as well via https://nlnet.nl/mobifree/, thanks to our friends at @NGIZero

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#microG Services Core v0.2.25.223616 was just released 🎉

Beside the usual set of improvements and fixes to keep compatible with Play Services, this release adds support for the Fido API to use U2F and Fido 2nd factor devices like Yubikey via Chromium and Firefox WebAuthn API and an updated set of client libraries to make it easier for existing apps to become fully free software. Check the release notes for more details.

Release notes: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.25.223616
Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.25.223616 was just released 🎉

Beside the usual set of improvements and fixes to keep compatible with Play Services, this release adds support for the Fido API to use U2F and Fido 2nd factor devices like Yubikey via Chromium and Firefox WebAuthn API and an updated set of client libraries to make it easier for existing apps to become fully free software. Check the release notes for more details.

Release notes: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.25.223616
Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.24.214816 is now available via the usual channels.

This release includes an important fix for a bug in the Exposure Notifications implementation. If you are using any apps that use the Exposure Notification system, make sure to update microG ASAP.

Release notes: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.24.214816
Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.24.214816 is now available via the usual channels.

This release includes an important fix for a bug in the Exposure Notifications implementation. If you are using any apps that use the Exposure Notification system, make sure to update microG ASAP.

Release notes: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.24.214816
Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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Happy to announce the release of #microG Services Core v0.2.23.214816. 🥳

This release comes with a lot of improvements and bug fixes in Exposure Notification Framework, Location Service and Push Notifications, allows to use microG to connect to Google services when using banned devices (Huawei) and finally reintroduces support for SafetyNet.
Read the release notes for more details: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.23.214816

Download available via microG F-Droid repository or directly on https://microg.org/download.html

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Happy to announce the release of #microG Services Core v0.2.23.214816. 🥳

This release comes with a lot of improvements and bug fixes in Exposure Notification Framework, Location Service and Push Notifications, allows to use microG to connect to Google services when using banned devices (Huawei) and finally reintroduces support for SafetyNet.
Read the release notes for more details: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.23.214816

Download available via microG F-Droid repository or directly on https://microg.org/download.html

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As yesterday's release introduced two critical bugs, we are here with a new release today, v0.2.21.212158.

Download is available as usual via https://microg.org/download.html. If you have problems upgrading from v0.2.20.212158, please read the release notes at https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.21.212158

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As yesterday's release introduced two critical bugs, we are here with a new release today, v0.2.21.212158.

Download is available as usual via https://microg.org/download.html. If you have problems upgrading from v0.2.20.212158, please read the release notes at https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.21.212158

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Some users reported problems with the new release when using a system that has #microG installed on /system partition (including problems up- or downgrading after installing v0.2.20) or when using apps that make use of a Google account.

There likely will be a follow-up release today or tomorrow to fix those issues.

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Some users reported problems with the new release when using a system that has #microG installed on /system partition (including problems up- or downgrading after installing v0.2.20) or when using apps that make use of a Google account.

There likely will be a follow-up release today or tomorrow to fix those issues.

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Just released the new #microG Services Core v0.2.20.212158.

This release increases compatibility with apps by adding support for Cronet networking library and dummy implementations for Font provider, Credential and TapAndPay APIs.

Download as usual: https://microg.org/download.html
Release info: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.20.212158

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Just released the new #microG Services Core v0.2.20.212158.

This release increases compatibility with apps by adding support for Cronet networking library and dummy implementations for Font provider, Credential and TapAndPay APIs.

Download as usual: https://microg.org/download.html
Release info: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.20.212158

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#microG Services Core v0.2.19.211515 was released yesterday.

This release contains a few fixes for apps using Exposure Notifications, Location or Firebase Auth.

Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.19.211515 was released yesterday.

This release contains a few fixes for apps using Exposure Notifications, Location or Firebase Auth.

Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.17.204714 was just released.

This release is mostly about a few bug fixes and improvements for the Exposure Notifications API.

Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.17.204714 was just released.

This release is mostly about a few bug fixes and improvements for the Exposure Notifications API.

Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.16.204713 is now available:
- Fixes issues with Corona-Warn-App 1.9.1
- Adds support for adb backup / seedvault
- A few fixes and improvements

Detailed changelog: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.16.204713
Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.16.204713 is now available:
- Fixes issues with Corona-Warn-App 1.9.1
- Adds support for adb backup / seedvault
- A few fixes and improvements

Detailed changelog: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.16.204713
Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.15.204713 is here. 🎉
- Adds support for Vision Barcode API (used for QR code scanning in multiple apps)
- All kinds of improvements and bug fixes for Exposure Notification API.
- And of course, numerous bugs fixed.

Detailed changelog: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.15.204713
Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.15.204713 is here. 🎉
- Adds support for Vision Barcode API (used for QR code scanning in multiple apps)
- All kinds of improvements and bug fixes for Exposure Notification API.
- And of course, numerous bugs fixed.

Detailed changelog: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.15.204713
Download: https://microg.org/download.html

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Missing exposure warnings are caused by a change in the Exposure Notification Bluetooth protocol specification that was not yet published by Google or Apple.

Only some devices and OS versions are sending encrypted metadata that cannot be correctly interpreted by older versions of microG. microG can still use data recorded with older versions, but warnings caused by such devices will only be displayed with 0.2.14 or later.

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Missing exposure warnings are caused by a change in the Exposure Notification Bluetooth protocol specification that was not yet published by Google or Apple.

Only some devices and OS versions are sending encrypted metadata that cannot be correctly interpreted by older versions of microG. microG can still use data recorded with older versions, but warnings caused by such devices will only be displayed with 0.2.14 or later.

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#microG Services Core v0.2.14.204115 released.
- Includes fixes and improvements for Exposure Notifications API
- Also fixes a lot of issues with other apps.

If you are using microG Exposure Notifications API, please update ASAP as you might be missing out exposure warnings.

See details at https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.14.204215
Download via F-Droid repository or https://microg.org/download.html

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#microG Services Core v0.2.14.204115 released.
- Includes fixes and improvements for Exposure Notifications API
- Also fixes a lot of issues with other apps.

If you are using microG Exposure Notifications API, please update ASAP as you might be missing out exposure warnings.

See details at https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/rele ases/tag/v0.2.14.204215
Download via F-Droid repository or https://microg.org/download.html

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Updated Exposure Notification API ensures compatibility with the German #CoronaWarnApp 1.5.0 that was released today.

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Updated Exposure Notification API ensures compatibility with the German #CoronaWarnApp 1.5.0 that was released today.

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#microG Services Core v0.2.13.203915 is now available. 🎊
- Support for Firebase Authentication
- Fixes and improvements for Exposure Notification API
- Bugfixes for Maps and Cloud Messaging

Download from the microG F-Droid repository (see https://microg.org/download.html for instructions) or GitHub (see https://github.com/microg/android_pack ages_apps_GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.13.203915). Verify Self-Check status after upgrade.

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#microG Services Core v0.2.13.203915 is now available. 🎊
- Support for Firebase Authentication
- Fixes and improvements for Exposure Notification API
- Bugfixes for Maps and Cloud Messaging

Download from the microG F-Droid repository (see https://microg.org/download.html for instructions) or GitHub (see https://github.com/microg/android_pack ages_apps_GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.13.203915). Verify Self-Check status after upgrade.

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Just released microG Services Core v0.2.12.203315 🎉
- Support for Exposure Notifications API as used by COVID-19 contact tracing apps.
- As always: tons of fixes and compatibility updates

Available on the microG F-Droid repository or via https://github.com/microg/android_pack ages_apps_GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.12.203315

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Just released microG Services Core v0.2.12.203315 🎉
- Support for Exposure Notifications API as used by COVID-19 contact tracing apps.
- As always: tons of fixes and compatibility updates

Available on the microG F-Droid repository or via https://github.com/microg/android_pack ages_apps_GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.12.203315

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Finally released microG Services Core v0.2.11.202414 🎉
- Includes early version of UnifiedNlp 2.0
- Works better with Android 10
- As always: tons of fixes and compatibility updates

Available on the microG F-Droid repository or via https://github.com/microg/android_pack ages_apps_GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.11.202414

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Finally released microG Services Core v0.2.11.202414 🎉
- Includes early version of UnifiedNlp 2.0
- Works better with Android 10
- As always: tons of fixes and compatibility updates

Available on the microG F-Droid repository or via https://github.com/microg/android_pack ages_apps_GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.11.202414