Most apps require that users grant them certain app permissions to function as expected. However, in some cases, users might not grant the permissions:
- They think the permission isn't needed for the app's core functionality.
- They don't use the functionality associated with the permission.
- They are concerned about the permission's impacting device performance.
- They're uncomfortable, for example, because of privacy concerns.
Use Android vitals to gauge user perceptions
Android vitals can help you gauge your users' privacy preferences and engagement by informing you about the percentage of permission denials your app is receiving. In the Play Console, Android vitals shows the percentage of daily permission sessions during which users denied permissions for your app.
A daily permission session is a day when your app requests at least one permission from a user. When a user makes multiple decisions for the same permission, Android vitals records only their final decision at the end of the session.
Android vitals shows you users' decisions at the permission-group level. Android vitals also provides benchmarks to help compare where your app stands with respect to other top apps in the same Play store category. For information on how Google Play collects Android vitals data, see the Play Console documentation.