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1. AndStatus (andstatus)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Feb-2015 12:29:14 EST AndStatus

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   • Kromonos
   @kromonos As it's written here: http://android-developers.blogspot.ru/2014/09/conference-data-sync-gcm-google-io.html
   "...This data must be shared across the user's Android devices, and also between the I/O website and Android. This means this data has to be stored in the cloud, in the user's Google account"
   So yes, Google account is required for GCM.
   • AndStatus (andstatus)'s status on Thursday, 12-Feb-2015 12:33:05 EST AndStatus

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     • Draven
     @draven I don't think this will be convenient for a released version, but this surely may be used during testing/search for the proper solution.
     Thanks for the tip!
   • AndStatus (andstatus)'s status on Friday, 13-Feb-2015 03:06:12 EST AndStatus

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     • Draven
     @kromonos As @draven@quitter.no suggested, we will start from a "GNU Social Push notification plugin", which interface should be independent both from a messaging technology (e.g. GCM), from AndStatus and from the plugin itself.  I don't think that this plugin will be convenient for a released version (as usually push notifications are in the same apk as a notified applicatio…
   • AndStatus (andstatus)'s status on Sunday, 15-Feb-2015 03:08:06 EST AndStatus

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     • Kromonos
     @kromonos Good news: According to the Google documentation http://developer.android.com/google/gcm/client.html
     "Google Play Store application" is required to be installed on a device, but a "Google account is not a requirement on devices running Android 4.0.4 or higher".