In the most recent Android 4.4 release, Google has disabled a hidden feature that could control or disable permissions for individual apps. In Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, Google quietly introduced a ...

We saw a lot of new features during the unveiling of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean earlier this week, including multi-user account support with restricted profiles, as well as Google Play Games, which is ...

As expected, Google officially confirmed Android 4.3 at its event on Wednesday with Android chief Sundar Pichai. Among the new features/improvements in the update are a redesigned camera interface, ...

The installed app listing with the Android 11 Permission Manager. How to manage app permissions in Android 11 Your email has been sent With your Android device ...

You can revoke special permissions that aren't needed.

Android: When Android 4.4 arrived, it seemed to remove the ability to access App Ops, the individual permissions manager built into Android. While it's no longer available to access directly, an app ...

Ron loves everything related to technology, design, and Google. He always wants to talk about "the big picture" and what's next for Android, and he's not afraid to get knee-deep in an APK for some ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Android users should be familiar with app permissions, those often-unsettling lists of everything ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Smartphones and apps have become a major part of our daily lives but we may be giving them more permissions than we realize. Most of us don’t pay a lot of ...

Not a battery problem, just forgotten permissions piling up.

Last week we brought you quick looks at a number of new changes that are heading to Android M. We’re at the point where most of the big changes have since been discussed thoroughly, but today let’s ...