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Android Q could give us god-like powers over app permissions
August 07, 2025
Over the past few years,Googlehas gotten really serious about giving Android users a large degree of control over which actions Android apps can perform on your system.Android 9 Pieintroduced even more precise controls over app permissions than ever before.
With the upcomingAndroid Q, however, it seems user control over app permissions is going to jump to a whole new level. According to a breakdown over atXDA Developers, we could be getting god-like powers over app permissions when Q lands later this year.
It should be noted thatXDAis getting all this information from a very early leaked build of Android Q. As such, some of the features in this build could be removed by the time we see the first official developer preview drop.
XDAlays out its findings in a nearly 4,000-word article, which is incredibly technical in nature. If you’re feeling brave, the whole thingis definitely worth a readas it will give you the best look into the potential changes. If you’re not up to it though, here are some of the highlights:
There are many, many other potential changes inXDA’sbreakdown, whichyou can read here.
What do you think? Are these new powers a welcome addition to Android Q, or does this seem like too much user control and bring up the possibility of casual users making mistakes? Let us know in the comments.
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