Security News > 2021 > September > Billions more Android devices will reset risky app permissions
Google announced today that support for a recently released Android privacy protection feature would be backported to billions of devices running older Android versions later this year.
When this feature starts rolling out to older Android devices, it will be made available on all devices with Google Play services and running Android 6.0 up to and including Android 10.
"Starting in December 2021, we are expanding this to billions more devices. This feature will automatically be enabled on devices with Google Play services that are running Android 6.0 or higher," Google explained.
While permission auto-reset will be enabled by default on Android 11 devices, users will be able to toggle it on manually on Android 6.0 or later.
Gradual rollout across all devices powered by Google Play Services and running Android 6.0 or later will start in December 2021.
In July, Google also started emailing Android users that they will no longer be able to log in to their Google accounts on devices running Android 2.3.7 and lower.