Google Play Protect ‘Rescan’ Functionality in Development
In a report, Android Authority, teaming up with tipster AssembleDebug, instructed that Google might carry a “Rescan” button that exhibits up after an app has been scanned by Play Protect. The characteristic was found following an APK teardown of the Google Play Store app model 41.9.17. However, it’s reportedly nonetheless in improvement and is not obtainable to customers.
At current, each time a consumer installs an app, it’s screened by Google Play Protect for any doubtlessly dangerous behaviour. If it’s flagged for violating the corporate’s Unwanted Software Policy, an alert is shipped to the consumer together with an choice to uninstall it.
With this purported possibility, Google is speculated to supply customers one other probability of rescanning the app in case it’s wrongly labelled, earlier than eradicating it from the system.
Android 15’s Quarantine Mode
With Android 15, Google can also be reportedly bringing a brand new ‘quarantine’ performance to the Play Store. This characteristic might allow system apps — like Google Play Services or the Play Store – to isolate doubtlessly dangerous apps and apply restrictions on them.
Once an app has been quarantined, its capabilities are stated to be severely restricted, stopping it from negatively impacting the consumer’s system. It is probably not allowed to indicate notifications and its actions may even be stopped.
The code referencing this characteristic was reportedly found in an Android 15 beta replace however is but to be enabled. It was noticed within the type of a “QUARANTINE_APPS” permission which, apps signed by the identical certificates as Google, might be granted to.
