TalkBack APK — safety, permissions & versions

TalkBack is an Accessibility Service that helps blind and vision-impaired users interact with their devices more easily. This application adds spoken, audible, and vibration feedback to your device. It comes pre-installed on many devices so you won't be able to install this if that is the case. It's only activated if you explicitly turn on Accessibility: Go to Settings Select Accessibility Enable…

Is TalkBack safe? The APK's SHA-256 hash is verified against the publisher's source index (authentic, not tampered). No known anti-features. 5 sensitive permissions. Open-source. Signing certificate on record.

Package

com.android.talkback

Publisher

Google

Category

System

Latest release

TfPu_release_15_1-2024_10_17_0000 — 29 Nov 2024

Sensitive permissions

• ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
• ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
• QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES
• READ_PHONE_STATE
• RECORD_AUDIO

Version history

• TfPu_release_15_1-2024_10_17_0000 — versionCode 370044211 — 29 Nov 2024

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Sources

• Source package page
• Source repository