Android 11 Restrict Access To Camera Features From Third Party Applications

Android illustration (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - Not long ago, Google has rolled out an update for the Android 11 beta version. Unfortunately, this Android 11 beta update actually limits access to certain features in using third-party applications.

Quoting from Android Police, the feature update from Android 11 this time is reportedly eliminating user access to select third-party camera applications when they want to take pictures or videos. This means that users must use the built-in camera on the cellphone.

Basically, camera apps are usually downloaded by users from Play Store to add camera effects. However, with this feature limitation, later every third-party application will direct the user to take a picture, so automatically the camera that can be used is only the default camera, aka the new Android 11 camera.

This is because some apps are not designed to be photography apps, therefore they will not always take the photo. Different from the previous feature update, where Android still allows users to have the camera app of their choice.

Illustrations of third party applications (doc. Android Police)

Google imposes restrictions on third-party applications due to security factors. User privacy will be protected. Google has not explained other causes besides security reasons.

"This will help protect the privacy and security of Android users. While we respect that, we are sure there will be more than a handful of Android users who will not be too happy about this." said Google reported by VOI from Ubergizmo.

Even so, this feature limitation will not apply to all applications, only applications that previously allowed users to select the camera as the default. Apps like Instagram, Twitter, or Snapchat will still use their existing camera apps, but other apps like Reddit, Google Keep, and so on will no longer have access to the camera picker.