• Google is making it mandatory to have Play Services for its next-generation reCAPTCHA system on Android.

  • Your phone will need to be running Play Services version 25.41.30 or greater when the system asks you to scan a QR code for verification.

  • This hurdle means that de-Googled phones will fail the verification test by default.

  • Teknikal@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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    5 days ago

    My thinking is Android refuses to install things of a lower version number generally so if play services was higher it might refuse updates.

    Doesn’t solve the likely needing root to patch it of course and if you have that you might as well just replace it with Micro G or similar.