Key Highlights
- Tapping the new blue status bar icon opens a privacy dialog that explicitly lists which apps are currently accessing your location.
- Previously, the system alerted you to location access but failed to identify the specific app responsible for the tracking.
- Google rolled out Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 earlier today for Tensor-powered Pixel devices.
- While it includes expected features like flashlight brightness controls and navigation button order settings — changes we anticipated from recent Android Canary releases — it also brought a surprise: the return of the expandable location indicator in the status bar.
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