I just noticed there’s an app installed on a recently acquired pixel 4a 5g, “android system intelligence”, which I never found installed on other phones like moto or xiaomi ones.

It also had by default a bunch of permissions granted, which I removes, and only left it with notifications.

Is this a system app I should leave working with more permissions? Should I disable it instead (if possible, I didn’t try)?

Is it required for an android system proper functionality? Is it bad to remove all permissions except by the notifications one? Does this damage functionality?

I’m just suspecting about an “android intelligence” thing.

What have others done about it?

    • @kixikOP
      1•5 months ago

      Thanks ! I have installed LOS 20 on other phones, and none has this thing. I’ll disable notifications on it as well. Unfortunately it can’t be disabled. Not sure why LOS ships it. Perhaps there’s no way to remove it for these phones, who knows…

        • @kixikOP
          2•5 months ago

          Ohh, Isee, thanks !

  • @s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•5 months ago

    I haven’t researched recently, but the last time I did, I think I discovered that it was primarily responsible for things from the assistant and for things like “now playing”. I disabled permissions like you did, but something (or itself) re-enabled them without my approval.

    • @kixikOP
      1•5 months ago

      It can be disabled, one has to search for it, since it actually doesn’t show up on all apps settings. I’ll disable notifications as well, and then disable the app.

      I don’t understand why LOS ships it on these phones. I’ve never seen it before on other phones LOS installations…

      • @s38b35M5@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        You didn’t install gapps? I assumed it came with gapps on my device, as I use google services. At any rate, it provides for several features that the devs likely decided people want access to.

        As I mentioned in another comment, I was able to disable it without trouble.

        • @RedBauble@sh.itjust.works
          2•4 months ago

          Using official lineageos+microg here. I had android system intelligence installed and i noticed when it recognized a song while watching tv. I was able to uninstall it via aurora store

        • @kixikOP
          1•5 months ago

          No, I don’t install gapps. I see, and yes, I can confirm I can disable it, :)