I have read similar Q/A here and here about this problem. All solution was to use latest plugins. The question is outdated and I need new configuration using latest versions
you need to exclude these classes from Proguard obfuscation:
#-dontnote com.google.android.gms.internal.**
-keep,includedescriptorclasses class com.google.android.gms.** { *; }
-keep,includedescriptorclasses class com.google.android.gms.internal.** { *; }
-keep class com.google.android.gms.internal.** {com.google.android.gms.internal.** initialize(android.content.Context);}