Its ok, but what confuse me that developers are not very responsive. I submitted a question on github some time ago on how to integrate our speech recognition services to microg https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/1164. No response from developers at all.
Its hard to take off the open source project this way.
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microg / GmsCore
GmsCore
Free implementation of Play Services
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What it is
Free implementation of Play Services
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Where it is used
- CalyxOS — CalyxOS uses microG to provide a Google Play Services alternative for core services like notifications. This integrates microG into the OS as a built-in feature. Source
- /e/OS — /e/OS ships microG as part of the OS to run apps that require Google Play Services. The page explains microG provides these APIs through GmsCore, which /e/OS includes by default. Source
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microG Services
microG Services is a FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) framework to allow applications designed for Google Play Services to run on systems, where Play Services is not available.
Please refer to the wiki for downloads and instructions
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License
Copyright 2013-2025 microG Project Team
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
9 sourcesIt would be nice to see this work out, but it's quite ambitious.
From what I can see, the "government support" is actually a fairly general (and limited) one-time grant. The badge may give the impression that it's more.
It seems to have only two contributors: https://github.com/orgs/microg/people
They may be pretty awesome programmers, but they are working on something to compete with another project that is currently supported by...a larger number...of full-time, salaried developers.
These two developers have a rather scary number of issues to address: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues
Their status page seems to have some room to grow: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status
I sincerely wish them luck, but they have their work cut out for them.
In A free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s Android user spaceThe status page does not look particularly reassuring
https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status
In A free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s Android user spaceQuoting from https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki:
> This is alpha-grade software and not yet ready for production use. Do not use if you don't know what you're doing.
Personally I'd also be concerned that Google's bot detection code might mark accounts that use microg as suspicious (as they're going to behave differently than phones using the official software) which could increase the risk of Google banning the account.
In A free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s Android user spaceI have used these images for more than a year now, runs perfectly fine. Use Aurora Store (from F-Droid) if you need any Google Play apps installed.
Be careful if you rely on SafetyNet, seems to be a pain to get working correctly.
If you use the GCM registration, but push notifications just dont work, try this [0], worked for me
[0] https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/issues/226#issuecomment-26...
In LineageOS with F-Droid and no Google AppsMicroG 0.2.12 released, adds support for Covid-19 contact tracing apps
9 points · Open discussionInstead of leaving Android entirely, one can use MicroG, which is a FOSS reimplementation of the Google Play Services client.
https://microg.org
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore
Currently, the easiest way to use MicroG is through CalyxOS, a distribution of Android 10 that preinstalls MicroG instead of Google Play Services. It supports all Pixel devices and the Xiaomi Mi A2.
https://calyxos.org
https://gitlab.com/calyxos
Unlike most Android distributions, CalyxOS is designed to be used with a locked bootloader, which is more secure than an unlocked bootloader.
In Google reportedly peeks into Android data to gain edge over third-party appsThis sounds great, but reading the fine print:
>Although most microG components are far from complete, users are amazed by the results.
What users are amazed by what results? And if you read this carefully, it clearly states its missing swaths of the APIs, so its not 1 to 1 compatible and is very likely out of date in at least one reimplementation, per this [0]:
>This is alpha-grade software and not yet ready for production use. Do not use if you don't know what you're doing.
I don't think this would hold up to being what I'd use as a daily driver. I just want my phone to work not fiddle with troubleshooting weird edge cases for apps I want to use.
I applaud the project, but its hardly a simple as saying 'you can replace it' and that's the last you'll have to think about it.
[0] https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki
In System Hardening in Android 11https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki... claims to support this without blobs. I haven't tested it myself, but some friends seem to have no problems with their de-googled Androids.
In Apple gave me the Hey treatment back in 2014