Every year that passes, Google focuses on developing new features to include in the general version of Android and also in some that will be destined exclusively to their mobiles. The first They usually reach that the system is updated And it goes from one version to another, and although there are years that the new versions of Android do not have too breaking news, there are times that these are not so in sight.
And, not every year it is necessary to apply visual changes to the system interface, but often only changes in internal functioning are made. In the face of Android 16, precisely, it has been recently known that they could reach changes in the operation of some applications.
These would be related to security, specifically with Google’s advanced protection program. This is a security service designed by the company to Protect those users who handle sensitive information or that are very exposed to possible attacks.
This protection includes actions such as blockages Phishing In Gmail, where it blocks more than 100 million attempts every day. It also includes a double identity verification, file discharges restrictions and even the blocking of the installation of applications from external sources.
All this is done with the generality that users are more protected against dangers that many times cannot even see coming. Now, it seems that facing Android 16 This system can talk to applications. This communication will be carried out through a new API that makes applications talk about the operating system to check if the user is registered in this protection program.
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If so, applications may enable additional security restrictions to provide extra protection to these users. These restrictions could consist of disable 2G connectivity or even in activating a system capable of detecting vulnerabilities related to memory.
Not all applications may do so, but some of them will provide this extra protection. This software is already integrated into Android 16 Beta 2, but since Androidauthority They collect that At the moment it is impossible to activate this protectionsince the system is not able to communicate with Google to know if each user is registered in their protection program.
