Which Android version introduced one-time permissions?

Android 11 introduced one-time permissions.

Android 11 added one-time permissions, allowing a user to grant an app temporary access to location, the microphone, or the camera for a single use. The choice appeared alongside the usual permission options, giving users more control when an app needed sensitive data only briefly.

The permission was designed around an app’s active use. Access could continue while the app was visible and, in appropriate cases, for a limited period after it moved to the background. A foreground service could also affect how long access continued, but the grant was not a permanent permission. When the temporary access ended, the app had to request permission again.

Android 11 is API level 30 and was released in 2020. One-time permission is easy to confuse with Android’s later permission changes, including automatic permission resets for unused apps and Android 12’s approximate-location choice. Those are separate controls. One-time permissions were part of Android 11’s larger privacy push, which also included permission auto-reset and tighter handling of background access.