App analysis · 03.10.2026
Google Photos
Google LLC · com.google.android.apps.photos · version 7.95.0.989626323
In short
SDKs found: 2. Companies: 1, of which outside the EEA — 1. Sensitive permissions: 22 — all code inside the app, including embedded SDKs, can use them. Of these, 2 are the publisher's own SDKs (Google LLC): by default the catalogue does not count them as third-party code.
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 (22)
- 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 - calendar —
android.permission.READ_CALENDAR - contacts —
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS - modify calendar —
android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR - camera —
android.permission.CAMERA - audio files —
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO - 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 - installed app sizes —
android.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZE - NFC: reading cards, documents and tags —
android.permission.NFC - phone data (carrier, call state) —
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE - biometrics (fingerprint, face) —
android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC - access credentials —
android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS - fingerprint —
android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT - advertising ID —
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID - draw over other apps —
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
All manifest permissions (57)
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORKandroid.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.BLUETOOTHandroid.permission.CAMERAandroid.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATIONandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNCandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACKandroid.permission.GET_ACCOUNTSandroid.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZEandroid.permission.INTERNETandroid.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTSandroid.permission.MANAGE_MEDIAandroid.permission.NFCandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.POST_PROMOTED_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.READ_CALENDARandroid.permission.READ_CONTACTSandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIOandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGESandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEOandroid.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTEDandroid.permission.READ_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.READ_PROFILEandroid.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGSandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.RECORD_AUDIOandroid.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONSandroid.permission.RUN_USER_INITIATED_JOBSandroid.permission.SET_WALLPAPERandroid.permission.SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_READandroid.permission.SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_WRITEandroid.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOWandroid.permission.USE_BIOMETRICandroid.permission.USE_CREDENTIALSandroid.permission.USE_FINGERPRINTandroid.permission.VIBRATEandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKandroid.permission.WRITE_CALENDARandroid.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEandroid.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGEandroid.permission.WRITE_SETTINGSandroid.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGScom.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUTcom.android.providers.media.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_OWNER_PACKAGE_NAMEcom.android.vending.BILLINGcom.google.android.apps.photos.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSIONcom.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVEcom.google.android.gms.permission.AD_IDcom.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.permission.LENS_SERVICEcom.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.photos · version 7.95.0.989626323 (code 52483863)412d5f91976aa970c35d5ad47077d78234dd4e97cf54c2a51b40395d2812a9c63d7a1223019aa39d9ea0e3436ab7c0896bfb4fb679f4de5fe7c23f326c8f994a2769b78c1753The 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.