Package
com.google.android.pcs
Pixel Core Services
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, and that single certificate is consistent across all 5 device profiles.
- Its largest observed manifest declares 9 permissions: 1 signature or system-level, 6 install-time and 2 vendor or uncatalogued.
- Never reported as user-facing, so it runs as a background or system component rather than an app the user opens.
Declared permissions (9)
Largest permission set observed for this package. Text is Android's own published description where one exists; platform permissions Android does not document show their granted protection level (in grey) instead; vendor or unknown constants show the name only.
| Permission | Description |
|---|---|
ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK |
- |
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE |
Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices. |
BLUETOOTH_ADMIN |
Allows the app to configure the local Bluetooth phone, and to discover and pair with remote devices. |
INTERNET |
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet. |
PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS |
Signature or privileged system permission. |
QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES |
Allows an app to see all installed packages. |
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED |
Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running. |
USE_LOOPBACK_INTERFACE |
- |
WAKE_LOCK |
Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pixel 10 Pro | Android 16 | 1 | 26 Mar 2026 | ||
| Pixel 10 Pro | Android 17 | 1 | 1 Jun 2026 | ||
| Pixel 6 | Android 16 | - | 1 | 13 Oct 2025 | |
| Pixel 7 Pro | Android 16 | 1 | 9 Mar 2026 | ||
| Pixel 8 | Android 16 | - | 4 | 1 Jun 2026 | |
| Pixel 9 Pro XL | Android 16 | 21 | 29 Mar 2026 | ||
| Pixel 9 Pro XL | Android 17 | 2 | 2 Jun 2026 | ||
| Pixel 9a | Android 16 | - | 4 | 28 Nov 2025 |
Known labels
Locale-aware display names seen in the wild.
| Label | Locale | Seen |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Core Services | en-us | 22 |
| Pixel Core Services | nl-NL | 12 |
| Pixel Core Services | en | 9 |
| Pixel Core Services | en-gb | 6 |
| Pixel Core Services | en-GB | 4 |
| Pixel Core Services | nl-nl | 3 |
| Pixel Core Services | en-de | 1 |
| Pixel Core Services | en-us-u-fw-mon-ms-ussystem-mu-fahrenhe | 1 |
| Pixel Core Services | en-ca-u-fw-mon-mu-celsius | 1 |
| Pixel Core Services | 1 |