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Ask Jerry: Making sense of Android's Location Settings


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(Image credit: Michael Hicks / Android Central) I just bought a Pixel 8 and am a little confused at the location settings screen. I'm going to assume an Android update made the changes and put all the options out there, and in typical Google fashion, there isn't much to explain them. You don't need to connect to anything because your distance away from a known access point or Bluetooth beacon can be determined by signal strength alone.

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