Pixel users running Android 15 are reporting issues with apps breaking and not working on devices; Gmail stands out as one of the affected applications. A new Play update appears to be causing integrity chaos on devices.

Alone reddit “Suddenly my Pixel 8 Pro is running Stable Android 15 with locked Bootloader and all updates started showing that Google Play Services is not supported on the device,” the poster said.

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Like 9to5Google According to reports, “There has been an issue with Play services in the last few hours, resulting in all first and third party apps not working. This applies to both Android 15 stable version and QPR1 Beta users… ‘Gmail without Google Play services which is not supported by our device It doesn’t work.’ The Explore feed on the left of your home screen says “Google Play services are not supported.”

Google Play is the core service platform that enables most of the Android operating system to run on your phone. It is regularly updated both for security reasons and to add new features to phones as they are developed and released.

Accordingly 9to5Google“Play Store developer options returns: ‘-6: Integrity API error (-6): Google Play Services is unavailable or the version is too old. Ask User to Install or Update Play Services.’ Non-Pixel devices may also be affected.”

These devices run standard operating system versions and the phones are unmodified; This is not a user error. While there are some reports of hard resets or even factory resets addressing the problem, others say they reset the phones successfully.

according to someone else reddit poster: “It happened to me this morning. Pixel 8 Pro, stock settings. When I woke up this morning, I found a notification saying that Google Play Service was requesting permission, but what it was asking for looked like an error, something like ‘UnrecognizedToken…’. I thought I shouldn’t approve of things that don’t make sense, so I refused. I think this could be the beginning of everything. I started getting errors due to Pixel Watch app crashing, some apps are unable to register with Google Play Services. I’ve tried rebooting, clearing Google Play Services data and cache (under protest), and rebooting. It hasn’t been fixed yet. “I really don’t want to do a factory reset.”

“I encountered the same thing.. and since I was out of the country with a limited data plan, I tried various things to save myself from having to factory reset,” another warned/complained. But I eventually had to do a factory reset and a $40 data plan extension.”

9to5Google reports: “One thought at the moment is that this is an issue with the Google Play services beta. You can try exiting the beta from the Play Store listing. Try restarting your phone and then return to that page to update and roll back the latest stable version of Play services.” , but the website also warns that “this does not work for all users.”

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Therefore, Android 15 users will need to be wary of this issue until a more robust fix or workaround is released. This is not the first Android 15 issue that users have encountered. users complain about bricked phones soon after launch. I turned to Google to advise users or get their comments on the latest reports.

The best advice is to try a soft reset and then exit the Play beta if you have it installed. But be careful, multiple users suggest that none of this works. If all else fails, factory reset may be your only option “Nothing works and only factory reset helped me,” said another reddit poster. “I don’t know what happened all of a sudden.”

Android Authority It now says “it is possible that the bug is tied to the Google Play Services beta.” If you’re in beta, you can opt out via the Play Store listing. From here, simply restart your phone and go back to the list to install the latest stable version of Play Services. However, one reviewer claims that they are experiencing this issue on their Pixel 7 and that it is not in beta.”

This is a touching story, watch this space…

It was later updated with more information on November 4.