Android System SafetyCore

Google LLC

About this app

SafetyCore is a Google system service for Android 9+ devices. It provides the underlying technology for features like the upcoming Sensitive Content Warnings feature in Google Messages that helps users protect themselves when receiving potentially unwanted content. While SafetyCore started rolling out last year, the Sensitive Content Warnings feature in Google Messages is a separate, optional feature and will begin its gradual rollout in 2025. The processing for the Sensitive Content Warnings feature is done on-device and all of the images or specific results and warnings are private to the user.

For more information, please see the Android Product Help Article: https://support.google.com/product-documentation/answer/16001929

Ratings and reviews

This is spyware. Installed without consent or notifying users, as well as "scans" images on phone. The app is impossible to find info about let alone find on the phone. The page in the app store doesn't explain anything and was not possible to find without having a link provided, thus making it more of a reason to uninstall the spyware. Users were not notified of the installation whatsoever. Uninstall the app the second you get a chance. This is actually crazy and so creepy.

Phone started locking up and slowing down recently. This phone is only a few months old and was working flawlessly until recently. Apps don't load or load very slowly, pictures don't show up on news feeds. Wish I would have had an option to not have it installed. Heard it is reinstalled in background after deletion. Don't trust an app that is secretly installed that scans your complete phone contents.

I don't think SafeSearch-style features for Android are a bad idea, but I'm not ready to have the choice to use them taken away, or to pay a heavy cost in storage, network, or power. It is an especially bad time for this as Android has been unstable this year. I hope programs being unable to consistently resume is just a coincidence and not related.

What’s new

SafetyCore is launching to support on-device safety features on Android.