What's New
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and up:
• Reply, archive or delete from notifications - no need to open the app
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and up:
• Faster search, even when you're offline
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
Android 2.2 and up:
• New Labels API for 3rd-party app developers
• Performance improvements
The application has access to the following:
Network communication
view network state
Allows an application to view the state of all networks.
full Internet access
Allows an application to create network sockets.
Your accounts
discover known accounts
Allows an application to get the list of accounts known by the phone.
manage the accounts list
Allows an application to perform operations like adding, and removing accounts and deleting their password.
use the authentication credentials of an account
Allows an application to request authentication tokens.
Your personal information
read contact data
Allows an application to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your phone. Malicious applications can use this to send your data to other people.
write contact data
Allows an application to modify the contact (address) data stored on your phone. Malicious applications can use this to erase or modify your contact data.
System tools
read sync settings
Allows an application to read the sync settings, such as whether sync is enabled for contacts.
read sync statistics
Allows an application to read the sync stats; e.g., the history of syncs that have occurred.
automatically start at boot
Allows an application to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the application to slow down overall performance of the phone by constantly running.
read subscribed feeds
Allows an application to get details about currently synced feeds.
write subscribed feeds
Allows an application to modify your currently synced feeds. This could allow a malicious application to change your synced feeds.
prevent phone from sleeping
Allows an application to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
write sync settings
Allows an application to modify the sync settings, such as whether sync is enabled for contacts.
Hardware controls
control vibrator
Allows the application to control the vibrator.
Storage
modify/delete SD card contents
Allows an application to write to the SD card.
Other
com.google.android.gm.permission.READ_GMAIL
com.google.android.gm.permission.WRITE_GMAIL
com.google.android.googleapps.permission.GOOGLE_AUTH
com.google.android.googleapps.permission.GOOGLE_AUTH.mail
com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
com.google.android.gm.permission.AUTO_SEND
com.google.android.voicesearch.AUDIO_FILE_ACCESS
android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
android.permission.NFC
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
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