> We can disable notifications and even phone access but physical activity is the one permission that cannot be disabled for play services !?

Sandboxed Play Services works on Grapheneos without physical activity so it's definitely not actually required by their services.

But I think they showed the best example of that behavior just recently: no AI, no Google search for students because search is "too integrated" with AI (https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/11/03/google-...)