{"id":328854,"date":"2025-12-21T23:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/328854\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T23:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:10:21","slug":"samsung-phones-may-let-you-see-apps-tracking-your-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/328854\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung phones may let you see apps tracking your location"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you own a Samsung phone, you may know that whenever apps use the camera or microphone, the device notifies you about it by showing camera and microphone icons at the top-right corner of the screen. You can also tap those icons to see which apps are using the camera and microphone.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

When apps track your location, Galaxy phones notify you about it too, by showing a location icon in the status bar. However, when you tap it, nothing happens. In other words, it doesn\u2019t show you which apps are checking your location. Well, a fix for this may come with future One UI versions.\n<\/p>\n

Earlier today, Google released the first beta version of Android 16 QPR3 for Tensor-powered Pixel devices. It brings many new features. One among them is the ability to show which applications are tracking your location (via<\/a> Mishaal Rahman on Android Authority).\n<\/p>\n

When an app accesses your location, the device will show a location icon in a blue pill at the top-right corner of the screen to notify you about it. More importantly, when you tap on it, the OS will bring up a pop-up, showing the apps tracking your location.\n<\/p>\n

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Samsung\u2019s latest version of One UI for Galaxy smartphones and tablets, One UI 8.5<\/a>, which is currently in the beta stage, is based on Android 16 QPR2, which means that it may not offer the feature to check which apps are accessing your location. That being said, Samsung could adopt this feature for future versions of One UI.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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