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Android 15’s Private Space feature gives you a separate app vault.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

It's not private if it requires a Google account to use the feature. Edit: apparently you do not need a google account to use the feature, if so then I just hope it makes it into AOSP so we can use it on custom roms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You need the G account to be able to install apps from Play Store, I don't believe the private space itself requires it.

Not sure if there's some Play "integrity check" on stock ROMs, but on GOS I was able to create the private space and download&install F-droid or other APKs just fine, without a Google account.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You don't need a Google account to use either Private or Work space, and Google recommends using an alternative account to your main one.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't believe it requires a Google account.

I just used it on grapheneos, it does recommend you use a separate Google account for the private space, but I don't have Google account on the phone, I was able to create a private space without any issue.

This feels very much like a second profile, like a workspace. So now you can have three profiles on your main phone login. Normal, private, work.

That's nice. I would have liked it if the lock button wasn't there, better to not reveal it at all.... Upon checking the settings, there is a hide option. So yeah this is great

I hid my private space, and now I can't unhide it. I have to go through settings to show it again. Supposedly you should be able to open it by searching for "private space". Might be a GOS bug.

This is perfect for banking apps, password managers, anything that you don't need to get notifications from

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh for fucks sake - Google!

Seriously??

Hypocrisy at its finest.

But then again, after the 2 seconds of rant, that was expected.

Android is getting more and more "private" while all data is tunneled to Google itself. They are just liquidating the competition.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're getting angry at misinformation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Oh!

So no need for a google account for using Private Spaces?