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permissions. Apps within the same profile can communicate with mutual consent and
it's no different for sandboxed Google Play.</p>
- <p>The core functionality and APIs are almost entirely supported already since
- GrapheneOS largely only has to coerce these apps into continuing to run without
- being able to use any of the usual invasive OS integration. A compatibility layer
- is also provided to support dynamically downloaded/loaded modules (dynamite
- modules). The compatibility layer will be gradually expanded and improved in order
- to get more of the Google Play functionality working.</p>
+ <p>Sandboxed Google Play is close to being fully functional and provides near
+ complete compatibility with the app ecosystem depending on Google Play. Only a
+ small subset of privileged functionality which we haven't yet ported to different
+ approaches with our compatibility layer is unavailable. Some functionality is
+ inherently privileged and can't be provided as part of the compatibility
+ layer.</p>
- <p>GrapheneOS provides a dedicated compatibility layer for Play Store app
- installation/updates/removal teaching it to use the standard unprivileged approach
- available to sandboxed apps. It prompts the user to permit it as an app source and
- then prompts for the initial app install/update or removal. It will use Android
- 12's support for unattended updates when possible which means it can do unattended
- updates of modern (API 29+) apps where it was the installer for the currently
- installed version already.</p>
+ <p>The vast majority of Play services functionality works perfectly including
+ dynamically downloaded / updated modules (dynamite modules) and functionality
+ provided by modular app components such as Google Play Games. By default, location
+ requests are rerouted to a partial implementation of the Play geolocation service
+ provided by GrapheneOS. You can disable rerouting and use the full Play services
+ geolocation service instead.</p>
+
+ <p>Our compatibility layer includes full support for the Play Store. Play Store
+ services are fully available including in-app purchases, Play Asset Delivery, Play
+ Feature Delivery and app / content license checks. It can install, update and
+ uninstall apps with the standard approach requiring that the user authorizes it as
+ an app source and consents to each action. It will use the standard Android 12+
+ unattended update feature to do automatic updates for apps where it was the last
+ installer. Unattended updates by sandboxed apps are throttled and it can hit the
+ limit when installing batches of updates and request consent. We plan to improve
+ this in the future by teaching it to try an unattended update again after a short
+ wait.</p>
<section id="sandboxed-google-play-installation">
<h3><a href="#sandboxed-google-play-installation">Installation</a></h3>