An Android permission called activity recognition has been used by a number of third-party apps to track a user's location and physical activity.

The Activity Recognition API is an interface that periodically wakes the device, reads bursts of data from the device’s sensors, and then analyzes this data using powerful machine learning models.

The current incarnation of the Activity Recognition API is only available on the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, and Google has not announced any plans to bring it to other devices. It uses the Android ...

An activity recognition permission in Android phones can reveal to Google details about users’ physical activity and the apps they are using on their device, the Independent reported.

Android’s Activity Recognition API works by processing a device’s sensor data through machine learning models without draining resources or battery life.