Security

Access to your mobile network settings and how internet traffic is routed

• Change mobile network (APN) settings and possibly inspect or redirect your internet trafficchange/intercept network settings and traffic · WRITE_APN_SETTINGS

Access to accounts on the device and your personal profile card

• Read your own profile card on the phone, such as your name and contact detailsread your own contact card · READ_PROFILE

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

• Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
• Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION

Access to phone calls, call history, and voicemail

• Call any phone number, including emergency numbers, without asking you firstdirectly call any phone numbers · CALL_PRIVILEGED
• Control phone features, like switching networks or turning the phone signal on or offmodify phone state · MODIFY_PHONE_STATE

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

• Format (erase) storage on your device, deleting all files saved on iterase USB storage · MOUNT_FORMAT_FILESYSTEMS
• Connect and disconnect removable storage like USB drives or SD cardsaccess USB storage filesystem · MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

• Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are usingdraw over other apps · SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
• Change device settings like screen brightness, ringtone or screen timeoutmodify system settings · WRITE_SETTINGS
• See and change files downloaded by any app on your deviceAccess all system downloads · ACCESS_ALL_DOWNLOADS
• Pair with Bluetooth devices without asking you to confirmallow Bluetooth pairing by Application · BLUETOOTH_PRIVILEGED
• Listen in the background for a wake word, like a voice assistant doesHotword detection · CAPTURE_AUDIO_HOTWORD
• Record the sound your phone is playing, including from other appscapture audio output · CAPTURE_AUDIO_OUTPUT
• Record or redirect protected screen content, including secure videocapture secure video output · CAPTURE_SECURE_VIDEO_OUTPUT
• Record or redirect what is shown on your screen as videocapture video output · CAPTURE_VIDEO_OUTPUT
• Erase data saved by other apps on your phonedelete other apps' data · CLEAR_APP_USER_DATA
• Uninstall other apps from your phone without asking youdelete apps · DELETE_PACKAGES
• Add a new or fake location source that can change the location other apps seepermission to install a location provider · INSTALL_LOCATION_PROVIDER
• Perform actions in other user profiles on the device; normally only for system appsinteract across users · INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS
• Act with full access across all user profiles on the device; normally only system appsfull license to interact across users · INTERACT_ACROSS_USERS_FULL
• Show system-level windows meant only for Android's own interface; not for normal appsdisplay unauthorized windows · INTERNAL_SYSTEM_WINDOW
• Add or remove apps that have administrator control over your deviceadd or remove a device admin · MANAGE_DEVICE_ADMINS
• Create, remove, and manage user profiles on the device; normally only system appsmanage users · MANAGE_USERS
• Change parental control settings on your devicemodify parental controls
• Capture what is shown on your screen, like taking a screenshotread frame buffer · READ_FRAME_BUFFER
• Ask your messaging app to send a quick text reply to an incoming callsend respond-via-message events · SEND_RESPOND_VIA_MESSAGE
• Change protected system settings, like security options, that normal apps cannot touchmodify secure system settings · WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
• See detailed battery use data, which can reveal which apps you useread battery statistics · BATTERY_STATS
• See Bluetooth settings and connect to paired devices like headphones, speakers or watchespair with Bluetooth devices · BLUETOOTH
• Turn Bluetooth on or off and find and pair with nearby Bluetooth devicesaccess Bluetooth settings · BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
• Change phone-wide settings like the display language or overall text sizechange system display settings · CHANGE_CONFIGURATION
• Change how your phone connects to networks, like switching connections on or offchange network connectivity · CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
• Connect to or disconnect from Wi-Fi networks and change saved Wi-Fi settingsconnect and disconnect from Wi-Fi · CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
• Delete other apps' cached files to free space, which can make them load slowerdelete all app cache data · CLEAR_APP_CACHE
• Close other apps that are running in the backgroundclose other apps · KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES
• Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
• Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
• Turn automatic syncing on or off for your accounts, like contacts or emailtoggle sync on and off · WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
• Read and write files in the device's system cache areaaccess the cache filesystem · ACCESS_CACHE_FILESYSTEM
• Read and change device details that are sent during system check-insaccess checkin properties · ACCESS_CHECKIN_PROPERTIES
• Handle USB file transfers (MTP) between this device and a computerimplement MTP protocol · ACCESS_MTP
• Decide which apps are allowed to use which home-screen widgetschoose widgets · BIND_APPWIDGET
• Clear temporary cached files saved by other appsdelete other apps' caches · DELETE_CACHE_FILES
• Download files in the background without showing you a download notificationdownload files without notification · DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
• Force other apps to close immediatelyforce stop other apps · FORCE_STOP_PACKAGES
• Add, remove or rearrange the open screens of other appsmanage activity stacks · MANAGE_ACTIVITY_STACKS
• Manage settings and access permissions for USB devices connected to your phonemanage preferences and permissions for USB devices · MANAGE_USB
• Control music or video playing in other apps and see what is playingcontrol media playback and metadata access · MEDIA_CONTENT_CONTROL
• See detailed call and mobile data status, such as when calls connect, fail or dropread precise phone states · READ_PRECISE_PHONE_STATE
• See which apps are running or were recently used on your deviceretrieve running apps · GET_TASKS
• Restart your phone at any timeforce device reboot · REBOOT
• Change the time on your phone's clockset time · SET_TIME
• Reopen apps from your recent apps liststart a task from recents · START_TASKS_FROM_RECENTS
• Turn off the status bar or add and remove its system iconsdisable or modify status bar · STATUS_BAR
• Stop you from switching to another app while it is openprevent app switches · STOP_APP_SWITCHES
• Change the records of which apps used which permissions and whenmodify app ops statistics · UPDATE_APP_OPS_STATS
• Change Google services configuration settings on your device; not meant for normal appsmodify the Google services map · com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.WRITE_GSERVICES
• Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
• Pull down or close the notification panel at the top of your screenexpand/collapse status bar · EXPAND_STATUS_BAR
• Turn your phone's flashlight on and offcontrol flashlight · FLASHLIGHT
• Check how much storage space apps are usingmeasure app storage space · GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
• Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
• Check whether automatic sync is turned on for your accountsread sync settings · READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
• access serial portsGoogle Play label
• force background apps to closeGoogle Play label
• modify global animation speedGoogle Play label
• enable app debuggingGoogle Play label
• set preferred appsGoogle Play label
• limit number of running processesGoogle Play label
• send Linux signals to appsGoogle Play label
• Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
• Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
• access external storage of all usersGoogle Play label
• access DRM certificatesGoogle Play label
• listen for observations on network conditionsGoogle Play label
• use any media decoder for playbackGoogle Play label
• control system backup and restoreGoogle Play label
• interact with telephony servicesGoogle Play label
• interact with in-call screenGoogle Play label
• bind to a widget serviceGoogle Play label
• bind to a TV inputGoogle Play label
• Provide a live wallpaper that the system can show on your screenbind to a wallpaper · BIND_WALLPAPER
• disable transmit indicator LED when camera is in useGoogle Play label
• provide an in-call user experienceGoogle Play label
• control location update notificationsGoogle Play label
• invoke the carrier-provided configuration appGoogle Play label
• Launch trust agent settings menu.Google Play label
• manage trusted credentialsGoogle Play label
• manage voice keyphrasesGoogle Play label
• reset system to factory defaultsGoogle Play label
• Audio RoutingGoogle Play label
• modify network usage accountingGoogle Play label
• move app resourcesGoogle Play label
• Receive Android Beam transfer statusGoogle Play label
• verify packagesGoogle Play label
• directly start CDMA device setupGoogle Play label
• Provide a trust agent.Google Play label
• receive Bluetooth messages (MAP)Google Play label
• receive emergency broadcastsGoogle Play label
• Interact with update and recovery systemGoogle Play label
• remove DRM certificatesGoogle Play label
• score networksGoogle Play label
• partial shutdownGoogle Play label
• Change the battery usage records your device keeps; not meant for normal appsmodify battery statistics · UPDATE_DEVICE_STATS
• discourage automatic device updatesGoogle Play label
• reset display timeoutGoogle Play label
• Access email provider dataGoogle Play label
• read voicemailGoogle Play label
• write voicemailsGoogle Play label
• Receive push messages sent from the app's servers over the internetreceive data from Internet · com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE