According to Bloomberg, Android may include a feature afín to iOS 14’s “Privacy Labels.”
With iOS 14, Apple introduced features that were already in Android and some others that we’d like to see in Google plus’s operating system. Google plus seems to have given notice, and As Bloomberg reportsthe company’s plans one of the best new features of iOS 14 on your mobile operating system.
These are the so-called “Privacy Labels”, a feature that has become increasingly habitual in recent weeks by challenging the use of aplicaciones of the likes of Fb Messenger or WhatsApp with their users’ data and which is undoubtedly one of the biggest. direct ways to inform users about it which aplicaciones treat your information more respectfully.
A feature afín to iOS’s “Privacy Labels” may be available for Android
For those less familiar with the world of iOS and macOS, there’s no harm in checking What are privacy labels?.
We’re talking about a feature that Apple calls “Aplicación Tracking Transparency” that allows iOS and Android users what kind of data aplicaciones collect when users use them. All new applications must be updated and existing ones updated Display this information to users from the moment they are downloaded from the Aplicación Store.
He is The reception of this function was not exactly positive by some developers and tech giants like Fb, who claim it could limit their ability to effectively display personalized ads and generate revenue.
This is what the privacy labels of iOS 14 look like.
According to Bloomberg, Google plus’s iniciativa is going through Implement an anti-tracking feature on Android like Apple’s that allows Restricting Data Collection by ApplicationsAt the same time, developers are left with some freedom when it comes to generating revenue from the data collected by the applications.
So let’s talk about a apparently less strict enforcement as Apple’s. In addition, it is not known whether the function will be integrated directly into the operating system or into the Aplicación Store and digital content in the Google plus Play Store. It’s also unclear if it’ll be ready to see the light of day in Android 12, the next major update to the operating system, due out sometime next summer.