If the device you’re using can update to Android 3.0 and up, Google will prompt you to do so to continue accessing Google apps and services.

Google eventually shifted its focus toward the tablet-only release of Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and the next smartphone version was Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

As Ars Technica explains, shutting Gingerbread’s access to Google apps and services is a service to the rest of the Android operating system.

The tablet-only Android Honeycomb is the oldest version you can use now since it relies on a relatively still-in-use option to sign in to your Google account through the browser.