Android devices without google play services [closed]

Question

There are any android device without google play services?

It looks like amazon phones dont have google play on them.

I want to use features like places and billing but I'm afraid of a phone without it, how can I be sure about that? how can I validate this programmatically?

Answer 1

There are any android device without google play services?

There are an estimated tens of millions of Kindle Fire and Fire TV devices, none of which have the Google proprietary apps or the Play Services Framework.

There are millions of BlackBerry 10 devices, which can run Android apps on top of the BB10 OS, none of which have the Google proprietary apps or the Play Services Framework.

There are countless devices shipping in various markets (e.g., China) by smaller manufacturers that elect to eschew Google's proprietary apps or the Play Services Framework.

However, as Eric S. notes in the comments, if you are distributing through the Play Store, you will not reach these devices, as they do not have the Play Store on them (outside of people installing pirated copies of the Play Store APK).