buying an OHA-licensed device with pre-installed Google Apps and/or acquiring the applications from Google’s Play Store. It is your own responsibility to obtain the proper permissions by e.g. The Open GApps packages merely provide a convenient way to sideload APKs to your device.
Take note that Open GApps does not provide you with any license for Google’s APKs included in the package.
Several package variations, from a Google Super Package (includes all applications that ever shipped on a Google device), to a Stock package that equals the set of applications found on the most current and complete Nexus, to smaller, minimalist packages and an AROMA package that allows graphical selection of what to install.It will notify you, before making any changes, if it finds any problems The installer checks your device’s capabilities, like the system partition size.Most ROMs support this (addon.d) function Automatic backup: It is not necessary to re-flash Google Apps when you flash a ROM update.
Frequently updated Google Apps: The pre-built packages are updated every (European) night (if there are any updated Google Apps available).DPI-optimized support for all Google packages (unlike other GApps).
If you have any questions check out the Open GApps Wiki, especially the FAQ answers most questions. The Open GApps changelog is aggregated on the Open GApps Twitter feed. Add the /opengapps/ URL to your download-manager, not the Amazon S3 URL, to support continuable downloads. If your downloads are interrupted you can try to use a download manager until your ISP or GitHub/Amazon finds a solution to improve connectivity to your region. If you experience slow downloads it is caused by limited connectivity from your ISP to US East. GitHub’s releases are hosted on Amazon’s S3 US-East servers. The releases are all hosted using GitHub’s releases functionality. XDA Forum Open GApps Development Thread.A list of the various support channels available for the packages: