- An expert mode (expert features) is reportedly on the way for Android devices and Google accounts, allowing users to individually toggle specific items currently bundled under “Advanced Protection,” such as “Intrusion logging,” “USB protection,” and more.
- An analysis of the app files from the Android “Google Play services” app version v26.36 update confirms the addition of resource codes related to the “expert features” manual mode, which allows individual ON/OFF control for Advanced Protection.
- The “expert features” will apparently allow users to individually toggle 6 items: “Intrusion logging,” “USB protection,” “Block auto-connection to unsecured Wi-Fi,” “Unknown apps,” “Spam filter,” and “Suspicious links in Google Messages.”
Rolled out as a feature starting with Android 16, the Android device and Google account protection feature “Advanced Protection.”
Currently, “Advanced Protection” turns on various device protection features all at once across six categories: device security, apps, network, web, the Google phone app, and messages. Its contents fluctuate fluidly through updates centered around the Android “Google Play services” app—meaning new device and account protection features are continually being added.
However, it appears that a manual mode called “expert features” will be rolled out, allowing users to individually turn ON or OFF certain items within “Advanced Protection,” such as “Intrusion logging” and “USB protection.” We bring you the details in this report from our original app file analysis content, “App Analysis,” here on Jetstream.
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As a result of analyzing the app files from the Android “Google Play services” app version v26.36 update, which was released around Tuesday, September 15, 2026, we confirmed the addition of resource codes related to the individual ON/OFF manual mode for Advanced Protection, known as “expert features.” Specifically, it appears that the “expert features” will allow individual ON/OFF control for 6 items: “Intrusion logging,” “USB protection,” “Block auto-connection to unsecured Wi-Fi,” “Unknown apps,” “Spam filter,” and “Suspicious links in Google Messages.”
By the way, “Advanced Protection” is not being replaced by “expert features.” The overarching framework remains “Advanced Protection,” and users will be able to choose whether to turn everything on/off at once or use the manual “expert features” settings within it to toggle items individually.
<string name="aapm_expert_mode_opt_in_dialog_title">Turn on expert features?</string>
<string name="aapm_expert_mode_opt_in_dialog_header_description">Expert features offer a higher level of protection, which may come with some additional restrictions</string>
<string name="aapm_expert_mode_opt_in_dialog_usb_feature_notice_message">You’ll need to unlock your device before starting a USB connection</string>
<string name="aapm_expert_mode_opt_in_dialog_wifi_feature_notice_message">Unsecured WiFi networks will stop connecting automatically</string>
<string name="aapm_expert_mode_migration_notification_title">Expert features from Advanced Protection</string>
<string name="aapm_expert_mode_migration_notification_text">You can turn on additional protections for your device</string>
<string name="aapm_expert_mode_intrusion_logging_summary_on">On - Access logs stored in your Google Account when Intrusion logging is enabled</string>
<string name="aapm_expert_mode_intrusion_logging_summary_off">Off - Access logs stored in your Google Account when Intrusion logging is enabled</string>
<string name="intrusiondetection_expert_mode_disabled_warning_banner_title">Turn on expert features</string>
<string name="intrusiondetection_expert_mode_disabled_warning_banner_summary">Intrusion Logging is part of expert features and requires this setting to be on</string>
<string name="intrusiondetection_expert_mode_disabled_warning_banner_action_button">Expert features settings</string>
<string name="aapm_google_messages_category_title">Google Messages</string>
<string name="aapm_sideloading_feature_summary">Blocks installation of apps from unknown sources</string>
<string name="aapm_spam_protection_feature_title">Spam Protection</string>
<string name="aapm_unsafe_links_feature_title">Suspicious links</string>However, “Block auto-connection to unsecured Wi-Fi” is an item that has not yet been rolled out under “Advanced Protection” as of September 2026. This means it may make its debut alongside the official launch of “expert features.”
Additionally, signs of the resource codes for “Unknown apps,” “Spam filter,” and “Suspicious links in Google Messages” having been temporarily removed can also be observed, so there is a possibility they might not be included in “expert features.” At any rate, it seems that the “expert features” for “Advanced Protection” are still currently under development.
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