If Google does decide to fully implement App Ops as a user-facing feature, there are potential big benefits here, from a security and privacy point of view, being as it could give users fine-grained control over what each app can do.Īpps they might otherwise have been tentative about installing could presumably be fine-tuned to fit their tastes now - which may also have some developer benefits, if it helps drive overall installs. The basic idea of the feature is apparently to give Android users more flexibility over what apps can and can’t do, allowing them to choke off battery draining features, say, or rein in irritating notification behaviour. Android Police notes that a developer has already created an app ( available here on Google Play if you have Android 4.3 installed) that foregrounds App Ops, and has been having a play around with it. The feature is apparently called App Ops, and lets users toggle app permissions - such as location and the ability to post notifications - on and off for individual apps. Android Police has unearthed a hidden app permissions manager that allows users to selectively disable certain permissions for apps. But there’s apparently something else that Google didn’t talk about. Among the new features/improvements in the update are a redesigned camera interface, Bluetooth Low Energy support, performance improvements such as smoother animations, and multi-user restricted profiles. As expected, Google officially confirmed Android 4.3 at its event on Wednesday with Android chief Sundar Pichai.
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