{
  "id": 787100,
  "title": "Google Play Contacts Policy 2027 for Capacitor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/google-play-contacts-policy-2027-for-capacitor",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-13T16:45:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/capawesome/google-play-contacts-policy-2027-for-capacitor-3ak"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Google Play's new Contacts Permissions policy takes effect on January 27, 2027. Apps that target Android 17 (API level 37) or later may only declare READ_CONTACTS if the Android Contact Picker cannot cover their core functionality. If your Capacitor app only lets users pick a contact, you need to drop the permission, and with the Capacitor Contacts plugin that means passing the property option to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}