# Google Play Limiting Android 11+ Apps From Seeing What's Installed on Devices This May

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**Created:** [April 2, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-play-limiting-android-11-apps-from-seeing-whats-installed-on-devices-this-may/177450 "2021-04-02T13:28:59Z")\
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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](https://9to5google.com/2021/03/31/installed-android-apps-limit/). From a report:

_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 Android 11 and newer. Enforcement was originally meant to occur earlier, but delayed in light of COVID-19._