In addition to the new version of Android being released today, well actually announced. Google is also launching a new release of Google Play Services. This one is version 4.0 and includes the Google Mobile Ads SDK, and offers plenty of improvements to geofencing, Google+, and Google Wallet Instand Buy APIs.
Google is boasting that over 97% of Android devices are running Gingerbread of higher now, and that they are now dropping support for Froyo starting with Play Services 4.0. This is in an effort to offer more powerful APIs in the future. Which basically means for developers that they won’t be able to utilize those new APIs on devices running Android 2.2 and lower. As usual with Google updates, this one is rolling out slowly across he globe. But you can download the latest SDK and start developing with the new APIs now, with the new KitKat emulator.
read more via http://www.androidheadlines.com/2013/10/google-announces-google-play-services-4-0-google-mobile-ads-maps-location-based-services.html
