Google Play services API client can't connect: SERVICE_VERSION_UPDATE_REQUIRED

Question

I'm trying to connect to Google Play services. It used to work perfectly a few months ago, and now I'm getting my onConnectionFailed method to invoke with error code SERVICE_VERSION_UPDATE_REQUIRED.

Pretty self explanatory, yet I'm already on the latest version:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:9.6.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.6.1'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:9.6.1'

Why am I getting this error?

i think you need to use lower version of playservice in gradle dependency. so it work on higher version. try 7.3.0 version — Vishal Thakkar, Oct 13 '16 at 04:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

Oh, just figured out that I also need to update an app on the device called "Google Play Services" for my app to work (and weird enough, it's not even even found when I search Google Play, I had to use the link at the answer on Service Version update required?).

Updated it and now my app works. Absolutely ridiculous. I really wonder whose idea was making software components dependent on other apps.

Anyway, problem "solved".

Google Play services API client can't connect: SERVICE_VERSION_UPDATE_REQUIRED

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