Package
com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview
Package intelligence
Observed signing, permission, version and size signals from contributing devices - descriptive of that sample, not a verdict. These come from the v2 Package Search sync, which not every device has contributed to yet, so for some packages this detail is partial or not present at all.
- Signed by Google's own signing key (the same key Google uses across devices), so it is a Google-provided preinstall that updates independently of the system image, though 9 different Google signing keys appear across the fleet.
- Never reported as user-facing, so it runs as a background or system component rather than an app the user opens.
Manage on devices
ADB commands for this package (the inverse of each is included so you can undo). Run from an authorised shell or wire the equivalent into your DPC. Verify on a test device first - this database doesn’t yet classify which packages are safe to change. --user 0 targets the current user; drop it (and use a privileged shell) to act device-wide.
/system, so Restore re-adds it (-k keeps app data)Seen on
Each record is a device profile (make + model + Android version). Each unique handset that syncs against a matching profile will increase the observations of a package, thereby increasing confidence that a package is expected to be on a device.
| OEM | Model | Android | Provenance | Observations | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUS | ASUS Googlebook 14 | Android 17 | OEM ASUS | 1 | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Dell | XPS Googlebook | Android 17 | OEM Dell | 2 | 1 Nov 2026 |
| GMS on ARM64 | Android 14 | - | 1 | 16 Sep 2025 | |
| Pixel 10 Pro | Android 16 | 1 | 26 Mar 2026 | ||
| Pixel 10 Pro | Android 17 | 1 | 1 Nov 2026 | ||
| Pixel 6 | Android 12 | - | 1 | 22 Jun 2025 | |
| Pixel 6 | Android 16 | - | 1 | 13 Oct 2025 | |
| Pixel 6 Pro | Android 15 | - | 9 | 23 Jun 2025 | |
| Pixel 7 | Android 13 | 1 | 19 Feb 2026 | ||
| Pixel 7 Pro | Android 16 | 1 | 9 Mar 2026 | ||
| Pixel 8 | Android 16 | - | 4 | 3 Jun 2026 | |
| Pixel 8a | Android 15 | - | 1 | 5 Oct 2025 | |
| Pixel 9 Pro XL | Android 16 | 21 | 29 Mar 2026 | ||
| Pixel 9 Pro XL | Android 17 | 2 | 26 Oct 2026 | ||
| Pixel 9a | Android 15 | - | 1 | 15 Jun 2025 | |
| Pixel 9a | Android 16 | 6 | 2 Jun 2026 | ||
| Pixel 9a | Android 17 | - | 1 | 16 Jul 2026 | |
| sdk_gphone16k_arm64 | Android 16 | 5 | 2 Sep 2026 | ||
| sdk_gphone64_arm64 | Android 16 | - | 5 | 2 Dec 2025 | |
| sdk_gphone64_x86_64 | Android 12 | 7 | 10 Oct 2026 | ||
| Hp | HP Googlebook 14 | Android 17 | OEM HP | 2 | 10 Oct 2026 |
Known labels
Locale-aware display names seen in the wild.
| Label | Locale | Seen |
|---|---|---|
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | en-us | 47 |
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | en | 29 |
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | nl-NL | 27 |
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | en-gb | 16 |
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | en-GB | 4 |
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | 3 | |
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | nl-nl | 3 |
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | en-au | 1 |
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | en-ca-u-fw-mon-mu-celsius | 1 |
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | en-de | 1 |
| com.google.android.overlay.googlewebview | en-us-u-fw-mon-ms-ussystem-mu-fahrenhe | 1 |