Android update to give users much more control over location sharing

The Google-owned mobile operating system teased new privacy features on Wednesday that, once live, will give users control over sharing their location data in more precise ways.

Specifically, a new developer blog post reveals that the upcoming Android 11 operating system will give people the option to limit location sharing with apps to a one-time affair. .

"Now in Android 11, we're giving users even more control with the ability to grant a temporary 'one-time' permission to sensitive data like location," reads the blog post.

"In Android 10, people were given additional control to only grant access when the app is in use, which makes location access more intentional," explains the above blog post