Why does Google Play services need access to my contacts?

Why does Google Play services need access to my contacts?

Why does Google play services need access to my contacts – Google Play Community. In practice it doesn’t… but it’s a way for google to siphon this information off and compel you to provide data to apps (their and others) even if you withhold individual app permissions.

What is Google Pinyin Input and do I need it?

The Google Pinyin Input is an input method (IME) optimized for typing Chinese on Android. The app supports both simplified and traditional Chinese characters, as well as punctuation, emoticons, Latin characters and digits. Voice input is network-based in order to provide highly accurate matches.

Can I uninstall Google zhuyin input?

EDIT: From what I found, it is a pre-installed language with GBoard and as it is installed into system, you can’t remove, only disable it.

Can an app access my contacts?

But apps with this permission can take a photo or record a video at any moment and without warning. Contacts: With permission to read, change, and add contacts in your address book, and access the list of accounts registered in the smartphone, an app can send your entire address book to its server.

Why does Google Pinyin input keep asking for Google account?

Google Pinyin Input is an input method (IME) for Chinese. It keeps asking me for Google account permission. I deny it all the time, but it always comes back and asks again when I reboot (which is quite often). The IME works perfectly without that permission.

Where do I find pinyin input on my Android phone?

Looking at my phone, running a stock English, Nougat ROM, there are Indic, Japanese, Korean, Pinyon, Zhuyin keyboard inputs in the App menu. Assuming that since they’re relatively small in size Google just opts to include them as a precaution for those who might need them for specific tasks. Hadron Smoke me a kipper… Same with mine.

How to uninstall Google Pinyin input ( IME )?

Go to Google play store and search for Google Pinyin Input. When that appeared there was an option to uninstall it (because it had already been installed). Highly active question. Earn 10 reputation (not counting the association bonus) in order to answer this question.