In-app purchases

An app can ask you to make purchases inside the app.

Device & app history

An app can use one or more of the following:

Read sensitive log data

Retrieve system internal state

Read your web bookmarks and history

Retrieve running apps

Cellular data settings

An app can use settings that control your mobile data connection and potentially the data you receive.

Identity

An app can use your account and/or profile information on your device.

Identity access may include the ability to:

Find accounts on the device

Read your own contact card (example: name and contact information)

Modify your own contact card

Add or remove accounts

Contacts/Calendar

An app can use your device's contacts and/or calendar information.

Contacts and calendar access may include the ability to:

Read your contacts

Modify your contacts

Read calendar events plus confidential information

Add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge

Location

An app can use your device's location.

Location access may include:

Approximate location (network-based)

Precise location (GPS and network-based)

Access extra location provider commands

GPS access

SMS

An app can use your device's text messaging (SMS) and/or multimedia media messaging service (MMS). This group may include the ability to use text, picture, or video messages.

Note: Depending on your plan, you may be charged by your carrier for text or multimedia messages. SMS access may include the ability to:

Receive text messages (SMS)

Read your text messages (SMS or MMS)

Receive text messages (MMS, like a picture or video message)

Edit your text messages (SMS or MMS)

Send SMS messages; this may cost you money

Receive text messages (WAP)

Phone

An app can use your phone and/or its call history.

Note: Depending on your plan, you may be charged by your carrier for phone calls.

Phone access may include the ability to:

Directly call phone numbers; this may cost you money

Write call log (example: call history)

Read call log

Reroute outgoing calls

Modify phone state

Make calls without your intervention

Photos/Media/Files

An app can use files or data stored on your device.

Photos/Media/Files access may include the ability to:

Read the contents of your USB storage (example: SD card)

Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Format external storage

Mount or unmount external storage

Camera/Microphone

An app can use your device's camera and/or microphone.

Camera and microphone access may include the ability to:

Take pictures and videos

Record audio

Record video

Wi-Fi connection information

An app can access your device's Wi-Fi connection information, like if Wi-Fi is turned on and the name(s) of connected devices.

Wi-Fi connection information access may include the ability to:

View Wi-Fi connections

Device ID & call information

An app can access your device ID(s), phone number, whether you're on the phone, and the number connected by a call.

Device ID & call information may include the ability to:

Read phone status and identity

Other

An app can use custom settings provided by your device manufacturer or application-specific permissions.

Note: If an app adds a permission that is in the "Other" group, you'll always be asked to review the change before downloading an update.

Other access may include the ability to:

Read your social stream (on some social networks

Write to your social stream (on some social networks)

Access subscribed feeds

When you review individual permissions, all permissions, including those not displayed in the permissions screen, will be shown in the "Other" group.