That poster I assume is referring to this for your own devices. https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/companion-device-pairing https://develop

That poster I assume is referring to this for your own devices. https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/companion-device-pairing https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/comp.... Depends on the specific use case but you ideally shouldn't need those calls. Our app request both the old location permission and the new nearby permission just because not all of our vendors keep their libraries up to date and its not unreasonable for the app to know where you are when using those features.