A new Screen Recording setting in T-Mobile’s T-Life app is rolling out to more devices, raising privacy concerns.
- A new “Screen Recording” setting has appeared in the T-Mobile T-Life app, first for iPhone 16 users and now slowly rolling out to some Android devices.
- While the feature may be intended for app usage analysis or troubleshooting, its silent and default rollout has raised privacy concerns in the community.
- T-Mobile has not yet provided an official explanation, so users are advised to disable the setting until more information is available.
Late last week, some iPhone 16 users began noticing a new Screen Recording setting within the T-Mobile T-Life app, as first reported by Ok_Theory5606 on Reddit. I initially missed this news over the long Memorial Day weekend, but while catching up on Reddit today, I saw that this feature has since started appearing on a handful of other devices (as noted in this thread), including several Android models like the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S23 Ultra.
So, what exactly is this Screen Recording feature? It might be easy to jump to sensational conclusions and claim that T-Mobile is outright watching you, but it’s more likely that the feature is designed to track your basic movements throughout the app to better understand usage patterns. It’s very unlikely that it is able to watch your whole screen, as that would require a lot more permissions than the app utilizes.
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