Android 11 Developer Preview: All the new Privacy and Security features
Ahead of schedule, Google today released the first Developer Preview of the next version of the Android OS: Android 11. System images are available for the Pixel 2, Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, Pixel 4, but if you don’t own one of these devices, you can also try out the Developer Preview via the Android Studio emulator or the Generic System Image. Although Google is saving most of the exciting new user and developer features for a grand announcement at Google I/O 2020, the company has shared a plethora of changes that are available in the first Developer Preview. Here’s a summary of all the new privacy and security-related features that Google has announced in Android 11 Developer Preview 1. Android 11 Developer Preview 1 – New Privacy Features One-time Permission Access Android controls what kinds of data apps can access through its permission system. Before Android 6.0 Marshmallow, apps requested to be granted permissions at installation, so users had to decide whether they were okay with an a...