How to update Google Play Services for Android Studio 2.2 emulators?

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There are a number of variations of this question, however most are very old, and don\'t really answer the question at all. I\'m NOT asking how to install Play Services, th

Answer 1

In case people are still looking for an answer and haven't found any solution that fixes or updates the Google Play Services on their emulators, here's what helped me. I had followed multiple SO posts that recommend getting latest SDK build tools but missed a very important update. That is, from the SDK Platforms you must update/download

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