The new Android Canary 2601 developer build has been released, and it appears that Google has decided to introduce several major new features. One of them is a new App Lock, which should prevent leaks of sensitive informationmacIt will probably appear in Android 17 and with a bit of luck it will apply to all Android phones (not just Pixels). And you will definitely appreciate it.
The change will apply to content of displayed notificationsWhen you currently receive a notification from social media, chatapplications, games or about a missed call, you can see at a glance what it is. Typically, you don't even have to open the window right away and you have an idea of what just happened. But this also has its downside. If you don't have your mobile phone with you and it's put away somewhere, these notifications can be read by anyone who is currently near it. Many of your personal informationmacso it can be revealed to strangers. And that's quite unpleasant.
Google will try to fix this by introducing native solution for application locking (App Lock)In the future, notifications will no longer contain specific information.mace, but just general text. It could be a message like "New message" or "New Announcement"And only after you click on the bubble will the specific information open in front of you.mace. Which is for larger maintaining privacy great news.
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However, this will mean that you won't know what's going on at first glance. And you'll have to tap on the notification every time to see if it's something important or just something trivial. In the end, this can be a drag and the previous meaning of the announcement as a quick guide to current events will completely disappear.
But Google can still change everything. In Android Canary 2601 namely, only the relevant code strings were discovered and not the basis of a specific function. So everything is obviously still in developmentThe first hint of this app locking feature appeared in Android Canary in December, so it's clear that work is continuing apace.
