Android 14 gets second version with privacy options like iOS

Google launched this Wednesday (8) second build of android 14 developer preview. The update, which comes one month after the first release, includes improvements in privacy, security, performance, productivity and personalization.

One of the main innovations of the software, the user chooses which photos and videos a particular app can access. Apps currently do not have access to the entire smartphone gallery or to any files.

With the new OS, people will have three options: Allow access to all photos (complete library of all photos and videos on the device is available for the app to access); Select Photo (only user selected photos and videos are temporarily available through MediaStore) or disallow (access to all photos and videos is denied).

Android 14 monitoring screenshots

Still on security and privacy, the developers have a Screenshot Detection API. will serve prevent “unnecessary access to user data”.

Check out more news of the second preview release of Android 14 for developers below:

• Adaptation for larger monitors and folding screens;
• Identity Manager;
• Improved Play Store experience;
• Regional preferences for specifying information such as the temperature unit of measure, the first day of the week, and the preferred number system.

For mobile OS users, the beta version should be released by April. Google also announced today that it will return with a face-to-face version of Google I/O, and the event should show new details of Android 14.