Android 14 to start killing full-screen push notifications from late 2023
The typical up-to-date Android experience is full of days in which ads can interrupt a game to take over the entire screen. However, they may be over soon, should a new discovery posted by Mishaal Rahman pan out.
The tech contributor and researcher claims to have found a new option in the upcoming upgrade to Android 13 that allows the user to revoke "full screen intents" from any app. Well, nearly any app: those with functions such as alarms or receiving calls will be the only ones exempt from the option to stop them sending "notifications that cover the entire screen".
This new per-app setting is another example of the improved control over permissions in the Android versions of the last few years. This one reportedly targets one called USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT, which all apps can currently exploit to monopolize a mobile device's entire display with potentially unwanted messages.
The first stable version of Android 14 is still in the wings; hopefully, this new setting will be active from its first official or stable version
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