Stop spying on each other on April 6, 2021, 7:34 Recap: In Google's continuous effort to upgrade its privacy and security policies, the company is now limiting the use of broad app visibility to see which other apps are installed. Starting May 5, Google will only allow the apps that meet specific requirements to see which other apps are installed in a device. In Google's announcement of the upcoming changes to the Developer Program Policy, the company stated only select apps will be allowed to use the "QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES" permission a.k.a. broad app visibility. Those apps must be targeting an API level 30 (Android 11) or more, and their proper functioning must be dictated by the awareness of other apps. In case an app can run with a more "targeted scoped package visibility declaration," developers should stop using the "QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES" permission.