{"id":269111,"date":"2026-06-10T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/i-wish-galaxy-phones-had-this-new-privacy-feature-but-google-might-nix-it\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T10:35:10","slug":"i-wish-galaxy-phones-had-this-new-privacy-feature-but-google-might-nix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/i-wish-galaxy-phones-had-this-new-privacy-feature-but-google-might-nix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"I wish Galaxy phones had this new privacy feature, but Google might nix it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-google-privacy-preserving-permissions-3676122\/\">I wish Galaxy phones had this new privacy feature, but Google might nix it<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-google-privacy-preserving-permissions-3676122\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-google-privacy-preserving-permissions-3676122\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-10 06:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paul Jones \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HONOR has announced a nifty virtual permissions feature for its phones in China.<\/li>\n<li>This feature sends blank data to select apps that request your contact list, calendar, and other permissions.<\/li>\n<li>Realme had a similar feature in global markets, but we\u2019ve discovered the company may have killed this feature to keep Google happy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google and Samsung phones offer plenty of privacy and security features. This includes spam detection, call screening, Advanced Protection Mode, and the ability to block USB connections via a locked phone. However, HONOR has launched a new feature that I\u2019d like to see on Pixel and Galaxy phones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>HONOR announced a new Virtual Permissions feature (h\/t: HUAWEI Central) that effectively provides blank\/dummy data to certain apps that request sensitive permissions. An official video posted on Weibo shows that you can specify which apps will receive blank permission data. This feature applies to permissions like your contact list, messages, call logs, and calendar. Check out a machine-translated screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Ph\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"HONOR virtual permissions weibo screenshot translated\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HONOR-virtual-permissions-weibo-screenshot-translated.jpg 834w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HONOR-virtual-permissions-weibo-screenshot-translated-56w-64h.jpg 56w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HONOR-virtual-permissions-weibo-screenshot-translated-755w-864h.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HONOR-virtual-permissions-weibo-screenshot-translated-332w-380h.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HONOR-virtual-permissions-weibo-screenshot-translated-675w-773h.jpg 675w\" alt=\"HONOR virtual permissions weibo screenshot translated\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/HONOR-virtual-permissions-weibo-screenshot-translated.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This is useful if you\u2019re merely trying out an unknown app and don\u2019t want to share any sensitive info just yet. It\u2019s also handy if you simply want to use an established app with an otherwise expansive list of permissions.<\/p>\n<h2>Could Google have something to say about it?<\/h2>\n<p>HONOR isn\u2019t actually the first Android OEM to offer this feature. Realme debuted a similar Personal Information Protection feature back in 2020, sending blank data when an app requested certain permissions. Weirdly enough, it looks like realme may have pulled this feature to keep Google happy.<\/p>\n<p>A 2021 forum post from an apparent realme representative announced that Personal Information Protection had been removed, citing Android 11\u2019s compatibility definition document:<\/p>\n<p>Sorry for the inconvenience. With an agreement with Google (sic), they had updated Android 11\u2019s Compatibility&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-google-privacy-preserving-permissions-3676122\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wish Galaxy phones had this new privacy feature, but Google might nix it https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/samsung-google-privacy-preserving-permissions-3676122\/&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Honor-600-home-screen-stood-up.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269113,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269111\/revisions\/269113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}