Android 15’s second beta release lets users lock down access to private apps
by Umar Shakir from The Verge - All Posts on (#6MV3Y)
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Alongside Google's ongoing developer-focused I/O conference comes the latest release of Android 15, which is now in its second beta. It's got some cool new features, like the ability to now hide a collection of apps inside a private space," customizable vibrations so you can notice different types of notifications just by feeling, and also richer widget previews.
The new private space function is the most interesting of the bunch: it can hide apps you don't want others seeing into a biometric or PIN-protected container in the app drawer. It's one of several new security features coming to Android.
GIF: Google Accessing a private space.Private space leverages Android's user profiles, so apps that you put in a...