App analysis · 03.10.2026

Google Photos

Google LLC · com.google.android.apps.photos · version 7.95.0.989626323

2SDKs found
1companies
1companies outside the EEA
22sensitive permissions

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_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORK
  • android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION
  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • android.permission.BLUETOOTH
  • android.permission.CAMERA
  • android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE
  • android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
  • android.permission.DOWNLOAD_WITHOUT_NOTIFICATION
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
  • android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
  • android.permission.GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
  • android.permission.INTERNET
  • android.permission.MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
  • android.permission.MANAGE_MEDIA
  • android.permission.NFC
  • android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
  • android.permission.POST_PROMOTED_NOTIFICATIONS
  • android.permission.READ_CALENDAR
  • android.permission.READ_CONTACTS
  • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
  • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES
  • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO
  • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED
  • android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
  • android.permission.READ_PROFILE
  • android.permission.READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
  • android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
  • android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS
  • android.permission.RUN_USER_INITIATED_JOBS
  • android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER
  • android.permission.SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_READ
  • android.permission.SUBSCRIBED_FEEDS_WRITE
  • android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
  • android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC
  • android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS
  • android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT
  • android.permission.VIBRATE
  • android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
  • android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR
  • android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • android.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE
  • android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS
  • android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
  • com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
  • com.android.providers.media.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_OWNER_PACKAGE_NAME
  • com.android.vending.BILLING
  • com.google.android.apps.photos.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
  • com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
  • com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
  • com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.permission.LENS_SERVICE
  • com.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

File: Google+Photos_7.95.0.989626323_APKPure.apk (221.1 MB)
Package: com.google.android.apps.photos · version 7.95.0.989626323 (code 52483863)
Android: minimum API 24, target API 37
File SHA-256: 412d5f91976aa970c35d5ad47077d78234dd4e97cf54c2a51b40395d2812a9c6
Developer signature (SHA-256): 3d7a1223019aa39d9ea0e3436ab7c0896bfb4fb679f4de5fe7c23f326c8f994a
Library: 63 SDK · 81 permissions · 2769b78c1753
File source: APKPure

The 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.

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