Google and Samsung are addressing Android's inconsistent background services, with a uniform implementation of Android 14 APIs.

Various Google services on top of the mobile operating system make up the modern Android experience. Google is now adding a new ‘System services’ settings page to manage all the background ...

First introduced with Android 12, this feature only allows a maximum of 32 child processes. Expectedly, this hinders an app’s ability to run multiple background operations.

Android P, the next major version of the Android operating system, will block idle (background) applications from accessing a smartphone's camera or microphone.