Users began to report that Google Play began to identify the 2GIS mapping service application as malicious.
The market message states that 2GIS is “trying to gain access to personal data such as SMS, photos, audio recordings and call logs.” The service stated that this statement is not true:
These notifications are related solely to Google’s policies and are the same for all applications that are temporarily unavailable on Google Play.
— 2GIS press service
The Russian company explained that it was requesting access to the microphone and call log so that users could make search queries by voice and call organizations directly from the application. Access to SMS is needed to automatically enter a code that is sent to the user when registering in the application.
Let us remind you that Google removed the 2GIS application from its store in May 2023. (TASS)
Xiaomi TVs arrived in Spain some time ago and their catalog continues to gain weight with the passage of different presentations. Now in one of the countries where they started, India, Xiaomi has started to introduce various improvements it won’t take long to reach the rest of the planet.
The most important of the last things that reach the TVs of the Chinese firm concerns the new kids mode Added to Patchwall, the custom layer that runs on Android TV, the operating system you’ve adopted for your devices. With this new children’s mode, Xiaomi presents various news related to safety and the content that the little ones in the house see.
Parental lock with PIN code, secure search and more
With the new Kids Mode that Xiaomi integrates into its Patchwall, Android TVs from the Android company have, among other things, the possibility of having Parental control Parents can decide what content or sections of the TV are available to children, including the ability to block specific apps. For example, this Disney + is accessible but not HBO or Netflix. You just have to activate it and set a PIN code that will block access to those who do not know it.
Another feature gained with this child mode is that you get what Xiaomi calls Safe universal search and that this will prevent children from locating content on the Internet that does not suit them, via the browser of their televisions. This feature will also be configured in the aforementioned child mode.
Xiaomi TVs will also receive intelligent content filtering that are seen through the device based on AI algorithms that will automatically block inappropriate ones. In principle, this feature reaches India, but it is not known whether it will also go to the international market.
My fans, we have launched “Kids Mode” on Patchwall! One of the most requested features from OTT in India is uncensored! With Kids mode you get
1. Child mode with parental lock
2. Safe universal search
3. Smart care
4. Free Edu content
5. Peace of mind ? # no1SmartTVBrand pic.twitter.com/hOKonzcNxY
– Eshwar (@eshwar_nc) 27 mai 2020
And with all this, Xiaomi TVs will receive completely free educational content and accessible from them. Again, this feature is starting in India, but it’s not clear if it will reach the rest of the world as well. As we said, the first update is launched in the country of the Ganges and we will not have to wait for Xiaomi to adapt it to the different markets to update Patchwall wherever its models are sold.
