Google Play Services 8.3 Update: Smart Lock Features and Improvements Ready to Install Now

With the release of the Google Play Services version 8.3, users can now install it on their Android device. This 8.3 version comes with new features. As expected, most of the new features are usually not noticed by the regular users, but it will be revealed here.

This new version comes with some changes to the Smart Lock and Nearby. It seems that Google Play Services version 8.3 brings Google Accounts, Nearby and Smart Lock together.

Nobody knows why Google did this, but rumors say that the giant search company is planning to allow the users to backup the Smart Lock settings on their Google account, but those are just speculations for now.

Some strings are involved in the profile merging, which allow users to merge profiles together.

As many already know, some Google applications like "Play Music" allow users to send feedback to the developers so they can improve the applications.

According to Neurogadget, the new Google Play Services version 8.3 allows users to send additional screenshots along with the feedback to help the developers even more. In this way, the developers will see what you talk about and can easily figure out how to fix the issue faster. For example, if users are talking about a bug, they need to send a feedback which includes a screenshot, so they will be able to replicate the bug and resolve it faster.

Google Play Services version 8.3 is now rolling out to Android devices.

Tech Times said Google is undeniably growing even further because after releasing the most awaited Android Marshmallow, the ad-free music and video subscription services came. Then Google launched the newest Nexus handsets in the global market. And now, a great deal of the new version of Google Play Services 8.3 is on its way bringing cool goodies.

The release of Google Play Services version 8.3 incorporates a minor bug fix, after v8.2.98 as well as the .99 version that started rolling out a few weeks ago.

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