App analysis · 07.10.2026
Google Maps
com.google.android.apps.maps · version 26.40.00.989295350
In short
SDKs found: 2. Companies: 1, of which outside the EEA — 1. Sensitive permissions: 21 — all code inside the app, including embedded SDKs, can use them.
What is inside — embedded SDKs
- Firebase Cloud Messaging — Google LLC, United States outside EEA push notifications
- Google Firebase Analytics — Google LLC, United States outside EEA analytics
Sensitive permissions (21)
- background location —
android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION - approximate location —
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION - precise location —
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION - photo locations —
android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION - accounts on the device —
android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS - contacts —
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS - camera —
android.permission.CAMERA - files on the device —
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - photos —
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES - videos —
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO - user-selected photos and videos —
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED - microphone —
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO - write files on the device —
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - physical activity recognition —
android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION - physical activity recognition —
com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION - scan for nearby Bluetooth devices —
android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN - installed app sizes —
android.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZE - NFC: reading cards, documents and tags —
android.permission.NFC - access credentials —
android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS - ad attribution (Privacy Sandbox) —
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION - advertising ID —
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
All manifest permissions (55)
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITIONandroid.permission.BLUETOOTHandroid.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMINandroid.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECTandroid.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCANandroid.permission.BROADCAST_STICKYandroid.permission.CAMERAandroid.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTUREandroid.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARDandroid.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATIONandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNCandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROCESSINGandroid.permission.GET_ACCOUNTSandroid.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZEandroid.permission.INTERNETandroid.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTSandroid.permission.NFCandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.POST_PROMOTED_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.READ_CONTACTSandroid.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGEandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGESandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEOandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTEDandroid.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGSandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.RECORD_AUDIOandroid.permission.RUN_USER_INITIATED_JOBSandroid.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARMandroid.permission.USE_CREDENTIALSandroid.permission.VIBRATEandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKandroid.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEandroid.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGScom.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUTcom.google.android.apps.maps.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSIONcom.google.android.apps.stargate.endpointservice.ACCESS_ENDPOINT_SERVICEcom.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVEcom.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITIONcom.google.android.gms.permission.AD_IDcom.google.android.gms.permission.CAR_SPEEDcom.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.permission.LAUNCH_FROM_GMMcom.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.permission.LENSVIEW_BROADCASTcom.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
Limits of the analysis
The analysis shows code inside the app file, not data transfers: an SDK being present means a transfer is possible, not that it happens. The country is where the company owning the SDK is registered, not where its servers are. Some code may have been renamed at build time, so the SDK list is a lower bound.
The legal assessment is made by the competent supervisory authority.
Evidence
com.google.android.apps.maps · version 26.40.00.989295350 (code 1068809342)5a0bc966cd6fb8a180fcb6aafe2bfec2b60bf6ae7cd99dcc0fb7538260a6642ff0fd6c5b410f25cb25c3b53346c8972fae30f8ee7411df910480ad6b2d60db832769b78c1753The same file (same SHA-256) with the same library version gives the same result — check it on the APK check page. Licence CC BY 4.0, source — gdpru.eu; report errors to contact@gdpru.eu.