Just noted that my phone did a ‘google play system update’ today to 1st Sept patch level. So definitely already we’re benefitting from being on Android 10 
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Isn’t it just that Android 10 displays this information? AFAIK the play services used to update themselves independently anyway.
No. With Android 10, Google restructured the OS to take back control of some critical elements of the OS so that they could be updated independently of device manufacturers (like the media framework). It means they can apply critical bug fixes, and do so on a monthly basis. These elements are called collectively the ‘google play system update’ and is separate to both ‘google play store’ and ‘google play services’ which are all independently updated too.
You can check the google play system update in Settings > About Phone > Android version > Google Play system update.
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Ok, thanks for the clarification.
In which of those categories falls the exposure notification api that “magically appeared” when the FP3 was still on Android 9? “google play services” if I understood you correctly.
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Yep, the exposure notification is part of the play services.
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