You know: downloaded some silly photo app, allowed camera access – and sometimes simply forgot. Since version 11, Google’s Android smartphone operating system has automatically revoked such “forgotten” and does not use applications from key rights such as device memory or camera. This function is officially called “Permission Auto-Reset”.
Full Now he wants to enable Google for older operating systems, According to Android 6.0 (API level 23), this functionality will be available automatically from December 2021 Google Play Services Users can play without contact. For some time now, Google Play Services has been making extensive use of system and background service updates, for example, to close security gaps on devices not provided with system updates by the manufacturer.
All devices must be delivered by April 2022
According to Google, all devices must be updated in the first quarter of 2022. Android 6 was released on October 2015 – so most smartphones still in use today should benefit from this functionality.
The whole thing works safely with apps developed for Android 11 (API level 30), with older apps having to be manually enabled in the settings. When an application is considered “not used for a long time”, The Android documents do not stand aloneWe are talking about “a few months”.
Application developers have the option to ask users to opt-out to prevent automatic rights restoration – for example, it makes sense for applications that run primarily in the background and are not routinely launched manually. There are also exceptions to Android smartphones managed by companies.
(jkj)
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