Upgrade to Google Play Services:9.0.0 Error Failed to resolve: com.google.android.gms:play-services-measurement:9.0.0

This was found to fix the problem.

Update your classpath in project level gradle com.google.gms:google-services:2.1.0 to classpath com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0

Required: Latest versions of Android Studio and Google Play Services

You can add the plugin to your project by updating your top-level build.gradle and your app-level build.gradle files as follows:

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'

Like

 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        mavenLocal()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.0'
        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'

        // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
        // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        mavenLocal()
    }
}

Now, you need to add a dependency for Google Play Services. Inside your app's build.gradle add:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.6.1'

Finally

    apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 24
    buildToolsVersion "24.0.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "// set Yours"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 24
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"


    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    packagingOptions {
        exclude 'LICENSE.txt'
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
  compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:9.6.1'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:24.2.0'

}

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

GCM has been rebranded to Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), If you want to use com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.0.0 read this article FCM. Do this maybe work, modify your build.gradle file to use the plugin.

buildscript {
  dependencies {
    // Add this line
    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'
  }
}