Permissions
Sleep as Android has a lot of functionality, some of which can be only enabled with permissions granted by user. See below on usage details for each permission.
| Permission | Google’s description | Used by feature | Notes |
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Contacts / Accounts |
We have removed this permission since it is not needed anymore by Sleep as Android. |
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Approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based) |
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We use approximate location (network-based) to implement some of the cool location based features. We gather the location data and make them more coarse to +/- 5 km. For all of this, we would be okay with approximate location permission. However for bluetooth connecting and pair tracking features, we have to also ask for precise location. You can completely opt-out from location storing in Settings → Miscellaneous. |
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Microphone |
Record audio |
This permission is needed to access sounds form your microphone so that features such as Sleep noise recording or Sonar. |
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Photos/Media/Files or Storage |
Read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage |
We don’t touch your photos. We use this permission to export your sleep data to a CSV file (can be disabled in Settings → Privacy → Local backup) or to store noise recordings on the SD card. |
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Camera |
Take pictures and videos |
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This is used by QR Captcha in order to scan barcodes / QR codes and to toggle flashlight in several features. Also the Smile CAPTCHA uses this to detect your smile to dismiss your alarm in the morning. |
Wearable sensors/Activity data |
Body sensors (like heart rate monitors) |
Enables you to use heart rate trackers along with Sleep as Android |
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Phone |
Read phone status and identity |
Privacy → Handle phone calls |
Used to stop lullabies or recording when you get into a phone call. |
Device ID & call information |
Read phone status and identity |
Alarm |
Used to stop ringing the alarm when you’re in-call. |
Device & app history |
Retrieve running apps |
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Calendar |
Read calendar events plus confidential information, add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge |
Allows the app to reschedule alarms according to calendar events and public holidays, if you configure it to do so. |
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Wi-Fi connection information |
View Wi-Fi connections |
Online radio alarm, IFTTT, Spotify, Smartlight |
Used to check whether WiFi is available. |
Other |
Receive data from Internet |
Lots of features such as online radios, weather reports, backup etc. |
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Other |
Connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi |
Online radio alarm, IFTTT, Spotify, Smartlight |
Used while sleep tracking to briefly connect to Wi-Fi for features that you set up. |
Other |
View network connections |
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Other |
Pair with Bluetooth devices |
Oximeter, Sleep Phaser |
Used to directly connect to Bluetooth devices. |
Other |
Access Bluetooth settings |
Oximeter, Sleep Phaser |
Used to directly connect to Bluetooth devices. |
Other |
Control Near Field Communication |
NFC Captcha |
Required for the NFC Captcha - to stop an alarm by scanning a NFC code |
Other |
Control vibration |
Alarm |
Allows alarms, lucid cues and anti-snoring to vibrate |
Other |
Draw over other apps |
Alarms |
Allows the app to start a full screen alarm window even on Android 10. Also this is required to be able to start Spotify alarms. |
Other |
Run at startup |
Alarms |
To be able to trigger your alarms after the device reboots. |
Other |
Control flashlight |
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Other |
Prevent device from sleeping |
Sleep tracking |
We need to read data from sensors for the whole night. If the device goes to sleep, we cannot read data from sensors. |
Other |
Disable your screen lock |
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Other |
Full network access |