Private Compute Services: Intelligent Features for Android
"Private Compute Services" is an Android app that improves features within the Private Compute Core, like Live Caption and Smart Reply, by enabling machine learning updates while preserving user privacy. It operates over a secure, private path, utilizing open-source APIs and advanced privacy technologies such as federated learning and private information retrieval. The source code is available on GitHub for further exploration.
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Private Compute Services helps improve features inside Android’s Private Compute core - like Live Caption, Now Playing, and Smart Reply. Android prevents any feature inside the Private Compute Core from having direct access to the network; but machine learning features often improve by updating models. Private Compute Services helps features get these updates over a private path. Features communicate over open-source APIs to Private Compute Services, which removes identifying information and uses a set of privacy technologies, including federated learning, federated analytics, and private information retrieval, to preserve privacy. The source code for Private Compute Services is published online at https://github.com/google/private-compute-services
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Causes significant battery drain and overheating.
Introduces multiple glitches and issues such as screen flickering and unresponsive calls.
Installed without user consent, leading to mistrust regarding privacy and security.
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Users experience various glitches including call answering issues, screen blackouts, and battery failures after installation or updates of the app.
The app is seen as invasive and operates without user permission, raising concerns about privacy and unwanted background activity.
Many users report a significant decrease in overall phone performance after the app's presence or updates.
Phone has been glitching, taking over calls, deciding what calls I get to receive or make. I never activated any AI but yet it's answering my calls and not alerting of calls. It doesn't give me sounds for messaging received. My screen won't stay running. My phone says can't charge all of a sudden randomly. Refuses to connect to Bluetooth most of the time. Google is fixing to get lawsuits for breach of privacy. Since this app was put on my phone without consent and stressed me while husband dying
This is a very inconvenient method to updating this poorly thought out app. As it definitely creates more issues than fixes them it places a strain on the phone by using 45 -62% more resources to update itself or to automatically do what it's supposed to do. it's only needed if you want this to constantly run in the background with no real way to stop it entirely.