I can easily detect that my device\'s google play services app needs to be updated, and present the getErrorDialogFragment() to prompt the user to update it with:
Not sure in which version Google has it fixed, but with the latest 11.6.0 you can get the correct statusCode and the dialog that leads to Settings to enable the Google Play Services.
Logcat:
11-24 05:48:07.266 V/FA: Activity resumed, time: 2070779368
11-24 05:48:07.320 W/FA: Service connection failed: ConnectionResult{statusCode=SERVICE_DISABLED, resolution=null, message=null}
Dialog: