Not a battery problem, just forgotten permissions piling up.

You checked your permissions. You may have missed half of them.

Android app permissions aren't as easy to identify as they once were, but that doesn't mean you have to be uninformed. When it comes to Android and privacy, we’re accustomed to seeing things move in a ...

Last week, Google started more widely rolling out the new “Data Safety” screen in the Play Store, and it made waves in the tech world when we found out that the new section was a replacement for the ...

Google is bringing back the “Permissions” list on the Play Store just days after removing it. The company had rolled out the new Data Safety section as a replacement of sorts, but Android users didn’t ...

Apps and websites are always wanting more, aren’t they? More data, more privileges, more control. As a result, you’ll often get a flurry of permissions or cookie pop-ups whenever you open up an app or ...

If you've got Android, you know it shows you a list of permissions an app wants you to accept during installation -- and often, it seems like the app wants permission to do an awful lot of things. Pew ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Malware targeting Android devices has increased, often exploiting permissions that users unknowingly grant. While Android's open nature makes it a target, you can protect your device by carefully ...