Android 11 follows in iOS's footsteps, heavily restricts background location access for apps

Android 11 follows in iOS's footsteps, heavily restricts background location access for apps
It'll be much harder to accidentally grant background access
February 19, 2020
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/...estricts-background-location-access-for-apps/

Google: Safer and More Transparent Access to User Location
Location updates in Android 11

 

Wonder if this will include Google apps like maps

 

Better question: If this will include system apps or only user apps?

 

Yes that would be a better way of putting it

 

Google announces new deadline for Android apps to request background location access
November 18, 2020
https://www.xda-developers.com/goog...d-apps-to-request-background-location-access/