Android’s Privacy Dashboard 7-day view makes an early arrival

Google understands the importance of privacy to smartphone users, and that’s what Android has Sound authority system Indeed, ensure that applications only get the level of access they actually need. But Google didn’t just create this system, it also provided an accountability tool in the form of the Android Privacy Dashboard, allowing users to see at a glance which apps are using their permissions and when. Currently, the privacy dashboard is undergoing a major upgrade.

Our first real taste Android 16 A few weeks ago, the first developer preview was released. Like any new platform launch, everyone was scrambling to find out all the changes, and soon enough a new one appeared Privacy Dashboard has longer reporting period. Since Android 12 debuted, the system has only logged app accesses from 24 hours ago. However, in Android 16, we see Google extending the period for logging permission access to a full seven days.

This might be a bit opinionated, but from the way it initially appears, this does look like an Android 16 feature, and we’ll continue to see this feature in new developer previews and betas until we hit the platform stability. But almost like it came out of nowhere, 9 to 5 google This new seven-day option was found to be already available on phones that have received Google’s November 2024 Play system update and are running the new Android 15 QPR1 build.

Most of the time, you probably don’t need to track your apps to make sure they aren’t exploiting their permissions in crude, privacy-involving ways. But in case you do run into trouble, Android will make it easier to track down these suspicious activity patterns.