Google makes My Activity more intelligent which shows account usage history

Introduced at the Google I/O 2021, Android 12 comes with radical design updates, and Google official also said that it’s the biggest design change in history. In addition to the reimagined design, the twelfth major generation of Android highlights major privacy improvements that will come later this year.

As always, the search engine giant also updating the terms and policies of its various services as the latest one that came to light is the Google My Activity page. Folks over at 9To5Google reported that the company is implementing an additional password verification function before the My Activity page shows the interactions of your account.

As of now, when the user hits the My Activity tab on the web, it immediately exposes all of your account activities such as search history, location, and so on. However, these activities help Google in presenting related content on your smartphone such as rediscover the things you’ve searched for or watched.

In the latest development, when the user opens the page this week, it shows a new prompt – “add more security to My Activity by turning on extra verification.” Google will now verify the genuine owner of the smartphone or an authenticated person if the extra verification turned on.

Do note that, the additional security setting only applies to My Activity and your history will remain unchanged in other GMS applications. When enabled, you’ll need to enter your Google Account password after selecting the My Activity option to set it.

After successful verification setup, the top half part of the page will load normally, while the full history will remain locked until you verify it’s you by entering the Google Account password. Google did this noticeable privacy update that can create transparency over content that is not used for advertising from apps Gmail, Drive, and Photos.

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