Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight Gingerbread. Google announced that Play Services 10.0.x will be the final release to support the outdated version of Android, dating back to February 2011. According to the latest numbers, 1.3% of all Androids still run Gingerbread. The next version of Play Services (v10.2, coming in early 2017) will require Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich as minimum (this also means that Honeycomb is getting the ax, but few devices ever ran that tablet-focused Android version). This should have a minimal impact on the what apps are available for such old...
Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/android_23_gingerbread_to_be_barred_from_new_play_services_versions-news-21768.php
