What's the *cheapest* Android 15 device with GMS (Google Play).
For boring reasons, I need an unmodified modern Android device. Doesn't need to be good. Doesn't need to be fast. Doesn't even need to be a phone.
What would you suggest, oh-wise-ones?
@Edent this is a @slightlyoff question: he's always got a "this is a good base-level Android phone to test your stuff on" recommendation!
@Edent whenever I’ve found myself in that situation the answer has been whatever the base model Moto G is.
@Edent This looks to be a Nokia 1 angle since google's phones are expensive af
@Edent The key is the requirement - do you need a physical device, or a test platform?
Google AOSP is moving from Pixel devices as hardware targets to a virtual Android device “Cuttlefish” as its reference.
This suggests a virtual Android device is a valid test platform for some purposes:
https://source.android.com/docs/devices/cuttlefish
I wondered about a Google TV box, but at best they use a cut of Android 14.
@jamesderrick physical device. I need to do some things with my Google account which require a non-rooted device.
@Reshirams_Rad_Slam I think that's Android 10 only. Or am I looking at the wrong device?
@Edent ok. I just generically said 1 because I don't know the latest microversion of nokia is but it's apparently .4 and the reviews seem very bad and android seems very dated but I'm out of the loop on nokia phones. But nokia seems to be vaguely what you're looking for still ever since the Android One initiative was deprecated but then again, out of the loop.