Google Photos has been coming with an extra warning in the app for a while if you want to delete a file. This superfluous notification will finally be a thing of the past with the arrival of Android 12.
Give permission to delete a photo
If you’re using Android 11 on a phone that isn’t a Google Pixel, chances are you’ve seen the notification. That notification will appear as soon as you want to delete a photo or video. The app will ask for your permission to delete the file and you can choose Allow and Deny. XDA found in new developer documentation that in Android 12, gallery apps like Google Photos allow files to be deleted without constantly asking the user for permission.
The reason Google Photos and other gallery apps on Android 11 asks users for permission to delete a file is complicated. Basically, they are not system gallery apps. This does not apply to Pixel phones where the Google Photos app is a system app, which is why Pixel owners never see this pop-up. The vast majority of Android users have a different phone, and on these Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus, and ASUS devices, the Google Photos is not (nor can it be set up as a system app).
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Fortunately, Android 12 comes with the solution for this. Once photo apps are adapted for API level 31 (Android 12), these users can ask for permission to modify files, move files in and out of the trash, or delete files without requiring the user’s permission for any action. having to ask. The app developer still has to add an extra pop-up for this, in which the user gives access to media management access.
Since the API is brand new, not many app developers will have done anything with it yet. In addition, there are only a handful of phones that can get started with the Android 12 Beta 1. Still, we hope that Google will provide its Photos app with an update sooner, making the notification a thing of the past.
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