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<h2 style="margin-top:0" id="newfeatures">New Features</h2>

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  <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">

    <img src="{@docRoot}assets/images/triangle-opened.png"

    class="toggle-content-img"

      alt=""/>Google Play services, Version 6.5</a> <em>(December 2014)</em>

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<dl>

<dt>Highlights in Version 6.5</dt>

<dd>

<p>For a summary of the feature highlights in Google Play services 6.5, see the

announcement

<a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2014/11/google-play-services-65.html"

class="external-link">blog post</a>.</p>

<ul>

  <li><strong>Maps</strong> - The new <em>lite mode</em> lets your app display a

bitmap image of a map, while still being able to control markers and shapes

client-side. This is particularly useful when you're showing a number of small

maps. You can enable or disable a new map toolbar that lets users open

<a href="https://www.google.com/maps" class="external-link">Google Maps</a> and

get directions and turn by turn navigation to the selected marker. The

{@code getMap()} method in

<a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/maps/MapView.html">{@code MapView}</a>

and

<a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/maps/MapFragment.html">{@code MapFragment}</a>

is now deprecated in favor of the new {@code getMapAsync()} method. Similarly,

the new {@code getStreetViewPanoramaAsync()} method in

<a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/maps/StreetViewPanoramaView.html">{@code StreetViewPanoramaView}</a> and

<a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/maps/StreetViewPanoramaFragment.html">{@code StreetViewPanoramaFragment}</a>

enables you to get a ready-to-use Street View panorama.

    <ul>

      <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/lite.html"

        class="external-link">Lite mode maps developer guide</a></li>

      <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/interactivity.html#toolbar"

        class="external-link">Map toolbar developer guide</a></li>

    </ul>

  </li>

  <li><strong>Drive</strong> - This release introduces support for inserting or

  updating custom properties. You can now create empty files (for example, a user

  preference file that is empty until the user defines some application property).

    <ul>

      <li><a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/drive/metadata/CustomPropertyKey.html">{@code CustomPropertyKey} API reference</a></li>

      <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/drive/android/create-file.html"

        class="external-link">Creating empty files developer guide</a></li>

    </ul>

  </li>

  <li><strong>Fit</strong> - The Fit API now supports activity segments

    (<a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/fitness/data/DataType.html#TYPE_ACTIVITY_SEGMENT">{@code DataType.TYPE_ACTIVITY_SEGMENT}</a>), which

    enable you to represent pauses within a workout session and to annotate time

    intervals inside a session with different fitness activities.

  </li>

  <li><strong>Wallet</strong> - You can now enable donations from your Android

    app in the same way you enable purchases. To do so, create a

    <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/wallet/fragment/WalletFragment.html">{@code WalletFragment}</a> and specify the

    <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/wallet/fragment/WalletFragmentMode.html#BUY_BUTTON">{@code BUY_BUTTON}</a>

    mode, then set the button text to

    <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/wallet/fragment/BuyButtonText.html#DONATE_WITH_GOOGLE">{@code DONATE_WITH_GOOGLE}</a>.

    <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Use of the <em>Donate with Google</em>

    button is limited to 501(c)(3) organizations. For more information, see the

    <a href="https://support.google.com/wallet/business/answer/75724?hl=en&rd=1" class="external-link">Content policies</a>.</p>

      <ul>

        <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/wallet/instant-buy/android/tutorial.html" class="external-link">Setting button text developer guide</a></li>

      </ul>

  </li>

  <li><strong>Granular dependency management</strong> - If the number of

    references in your app exceeds the

    <a href="{@docRoot}tools/building/multidex.html">65K method reference limit</a>,

    your app may fail to compile. To avoid this problem, you can include just

    the specific Google Play services APIs your app uses, instead of all of them,

    when compiling your app. For more details, see the Android Studio setup

    instructions in

    <a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/setup.html">Setting Up Google Play Services</a>.

</ul>

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  <p><a href="#" onclick="return toggleContent(this)">

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      alt=""/>Google Play services, Version 6.1</a> <em>(October 2014)</em>

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    <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/drive/OpenFileActivityBuilder.html">

    <code>OpenFileActivityBuilder</code><a/>, and the user interface has been

    updated to use

      <a href="{@docRoot}preview/material/index.html">material design</a>. A new

      <a href="http://www.google.com/design/spec/material-design/introduction.html"

      class="external-link">material design</a>. A new

    <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/drive/DriveResource.html#setParents(com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiClient, java.util.Set<com.google.android.gms.drive.DriveId>)">

      DriveResource.setParents()</a> method makes it possible to organize files

    and folders. In addition, the