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Google's New Contacts Picker Enhances Android Privacy

11/14/2025

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Google LLC is developing a "Contacts Picker" for Android 17 to improve user privacy by letting apps request access to specific contacts instead of the full contacts list.
Users can select one or more contacts, granting apps a one-time snapshot of the information without ongoing access.
Google may enforce adoption via Play policies to ensure widespread use.

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Story summary

Google LLC is developing a "Contacts Picker" for Android 17 to improve user privacy by letting apps request access to specific contacts instead of the full contacts list.
Users can select one or more contacts, granting apps a one-time snapshot of the information without ongoing access.
Google may enforce adoption via Play policies to ensure widespread use.