The “dangerous” permissions highlighted by that report include location tracking, access to cameras, contacts and the phone itself. Google’s enhanced protection doesn’t clamp down as widely as that, but focuses on financial exploits that require user credentials and one-time passcodes.

While Google’s Epic loss will require Android to open up to more than Play Store, Google said it can’t be a monopoly since Apple exists.

Epic's lawsuit against Google resulted in a final ruling that would require Google to open up its Play Store to third-party app store competitors, but