Google will soon restrict which apps on the Play Store can view all the other apps a user has installed on their Android phone. Starting May 5th, 2021, developers will need to submit justification for ...

Google has updated its Developer Program Policy to limit the kinds of apps that can request the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission, which returns the full list of installed apps on a device that runs ...

Broad app visibility is a function that allows apps to query your device and potentially see what other apps you have installed.

One such case is the ability to see what apps are installed on a phone, and starting next month, Google will start culling apps that don't have any business doing that.

An app drawer is the menu on your Android phone where you can see all of your installed apps and open them. It's one of the fundamental things you should know about Android if you want to understand ...

Google will soon make it harder for third-party apps to see what other apps are installed on a user's Android device, a policy change that evokes similar privacy protections Apple introduced in ...

Google will soon be more selective about which apps on the Play Store can see all of the other apps you have installed (via XDA-Developers). As Ars Technica points out, your list of installed apps ...