Do you need a Google account to use an Android phone? Here’s what you’ll lose—and gain—if you choose not to sign in.

  • lemmyvoreEnglish
    24•1 year ago

    You can use the Aurora Store app to access Google Play without enabling the system-wide Google account.

    You can also use Gmaps WV to use a subset of Maps’ features completely anonymously (no navigation).

    • ijeffMEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      I think Aurora hasn’t been working right lately due to rate limiting?

      • lemmyvoreEnglish
        6•1 year ago

        It’s only rate-limited when using their Google account (because everybody’s using it). If you add your own you won’t have a problem.

      • CrisEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        It still works fine if you add an account. Either your existing google account, or you can go make a new blank one