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I'm wondering for the fused location, does any of the above use a combination of gps + wifi network together? what is the difference in terms of provider (does any of it uses the gps)? from what i see in the documentation the difference is only distance

I've previously worked with LocationManager and used NETWORK_PROVIDER and GPS_PROVIDER together to get a combination of those two provider.

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The new fused location providers take a slightly different approach compared to previous methods. Developers now choose how much battery power is used to calculate a location instead of which device components are used to calculate it. It uses any available combination of GPS, Wi-Fi, mobile networks, and onboard sensors to calculate the location.

The LocationRequest priority settings are now:

  • PRIORITY_NO_POWER (passively listens for location updates from other clients)
  • PRIORITY_LOW_POWER (~10km "city" accuracy)
  • PRIORITY_BALANCED_POWER_ACCURACY (~100m "block" accuracy)
  • PRIORITY_HIGH_ACCURACY (accurate as possible at the expense of battery life)

Google describes the LocationRequest class here: https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/location/LocationRequest

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  • More information about location priorities in Google documentation: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/location/battery#accuracy – soshial Jul 03 '20 at 06:58