If you have flashed a custom ROM based on Android 10, then go ahead and download the official Open Gapps package below. The team behind Open Gapps has released the first app packages which can be installed on phones running on Android 10 custom ROMs.
Android 10 is the latest mobile OS announced by Google in 2019. Unlike previous Android versions which had confectionery-themed names, Android 10 doesn’t have a name at all. It is simply called Android 10. As expected, the first phones to run the latest version of Android are Google’s own Pixel devices (Pixel 4/4 XL, Pixel 3a/3a XL, Pixel 3/3 XL, Pixel 2/2 XL, Pixel and Pixel XL).
Other phones from Samsung, Huawei, Nokia, OnePlus, Oppo and more are expected to receive official Android 10 updates soon. In the meantime, there are plenty of stock Android 10 custom ROMs available in the forums ready to be flashed. However, an important part of the Android ecosystem alongside ROMs are Google Apps, also known as Gapps.
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Why Should You Flash Open Gapps on Android 10 ROMs
When you flash a custom ROM based on Android 10, you will notice that the ROM does not come with Google Apps pre-installed like Google Play Store, Google Maps, YouTube and Google Play Services. This comes as a result of these ROMs being based on AOSP (Google Android Open Source Project). Due to licensing issues, Android 10 ROMs do not have Google’s framework built-in. As a result, you have to manually flash Google apps after installing a new custom ROM.
Open Gapps Packages – Explained
When you download an Open Gapps package, you have the option to choose from a variety of packages. Since there is a big number of Google Apps that can be installed, there are different packages that contain a different number of apps. The biggest package contains all Google Apps available, while the smallest package contains only the most important and basic Google apps.
- Pico: This is the smallest possible package and contains only the most important applications like Google Play Services and Play Store.
- Nano: This package is bigger than Pico and contains additional apps that are responsible for “Okay Google” and Google Search support.
- Micro: This package is bigger than Nano, and contains additional applications like Pixel launcher, Google wallpaper, and Calendar.
- Mini: This package is bigger than Micro and has even more apps such as calculator, clock, messages, and YouTube.
- Full: This package contains most of the stock apps except the camera and keyboard.
- Stock: This package has all of the applications that you might want. It includes the camera app, keyboard and more.
- Aroma: Aroma contains all apps when downloaded. However, during the installation process, Aroma will give you an option to select or deselect certain applications that you want to install or not.
Download Open Gapps for Android 10 ROMs
The download link below contains all Open Gapps packages. Click on the download link and select the right package from your phone. If you have a 64-bit processor (almost every modern smartphone), select Platform: ARM64 and Android:10.0.
Tutorial To Install Open Gapps on Android 10
Before you proceed with the installation guide below, please make sure that you have chosen the correct platform for your phone. Also you need a custom recovery to flash the package. We recommend you to use TWRP recovery. It is one of the most popular custom recoveries among Android users.
Step 1: Download the correct Open Gapps package. If it is on your computer, transfer the file to the internal storage of your phone.
Step 2: Press and hold the power button to turn the phone off. Once the phone is off, go into recovery mode. Use the correct button combination to boot your phone into recovery mode. Different phones have different ways of going into recovery mode.
Step 3: Once you are in recovery mode, tap on Install and locate the downloaded Gapps package. Tap on the file and swipe to the right to flash it.
Step 4: Wait for the installation process to be finished. Once everything is done, restart your phone.
Wait for your phone to restart. Once it is up and running, you will see the newly installed Google apps. Now you can open the Play Store to download and install all the apps that you want.