After Apple rolled out iOS 15.1 and other apps worldwide on Monday evening, a new beta phase has now started. iOS 15.2 and iPadOS 15.2 were made available, among other things. A particularly interesting feature was added in the process - App Privacy Report.
Apple announced the new "App Privacy Report" feature back in June during the WWDC 2021 keynote. It was scheduled to launch alongside iOS 15 in September, but was one of many features postponed until later. While Apple introduced SharePlay and several other features with iOS 15.1, iOS 15.2 appears to be focusing on another important issue for Apple: privacy. After integrating App Tracking Transparency with iOS 14.5, which requires apps to ask users for permission before tracking them across other apps and websites, Apple is now taking it a step further with the App Privacy Report. This report can be found in the Settings app and provides information about which device data and sensors each app has accessed over the past seven days. describes this function as follows:
iOS 15.2 Beta: App privacy report provides more transparency
A section in Settings lets you see how many times apps have accessed your location, photos, camera, microphone, and contacts over the past seven days. It also shows you which apps have contacted other domains and how often they have contacted them.
Apple highlights the feature to developers as follows:
In iOS 15.2 beta and iPadOS 15.2 beta, this activity is shown in a new UI in Settings called App Privacy Report. This is a good opportunity to check your app's sensor, data, and internet usage.
We will see in the next few hours whether Apple has added further features as part of the update. (Photo by Peach_BigStockPhoto / Bigstockphoto)
