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Google is bringing features to billions of older devices from Android 11

Google is bringing features to billions of older devices from Android 11

A few years ago, Google integrated important components into Android so that older versions of Android could benefit from the new functionality at any time later. Recent example Nearby sharing, Which is available from Android 6 Marshmallow. According to the company’s Android developers, Google is now adding a security feature.

Android resets application permissions automatically

On Android 11, we introduced the function of automatically resetting permissions. This feature helps to protect the user’s privacy by automatically resetting an application’s runtime permissions – these are the permissions that are displayed immediately upon the user’s request if the application has not been used for a few months. “- Android Devs

This functionality will be available on smartphones from API level 23 from this December, which is related to the Android version Marshmallow mentioned above. Android 6 was released in 2015, so it is already six years old. Google distributes this invention through Google Play Services, i.e. updates from the Google Play Store. Good!

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