Google is adding a new notifying dot in Android 16 QPR3 which tells you when an app is accessing your location.
Back in 2021’s Android 12 release, Google added a new green dot to prominently notify the user that an app was using the camera or microphone on your device. The dot shows next to your battery icon and, in the notification shade, can be tapped to show which apps have accessed those permissions.
In Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1, Google is expanding on this with a new blue dot to reveal when apps are using your location.
Live on Google Pixel devices in this latest beta, the location dot shows when apps are using location services in the foreground or in the background.
It won’t show at the same time as the green camera/microphone dot, though, instead being combined with the green dot when multiple permissions
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