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Google Play limiting Android 11+ apps from seeing what’s installed on devices this May – 9to5Google
Google today announced a series of policy updates for Android apps distributed through the Play Store. An installed Android apps limit…

Google today announced a series of policy updates for apps distributed through the Play Store. The most impactful sees Google limit most developers from seeing which Android apps are installed on your device.
As part of its ongoing work to restrict the use of high risk/sensitive permissions, Google is limiting what apps can use the QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission that “gives visibility into the inventory of installed apps on a given device.” This applies to apps that target API 30+ on devices running…
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