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Kar
Kar

Reputation: 6345

Does Admob ask for location data?

Does Admob ask for location data via the GPS? If my app doesn't need GPS but has Admob integrated, would the user need to authorise it for GPS access? Is GPS just optional?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1973

Answers (4)

Konstantin Pribluda
Konstantin Pribluda

Reputation: 12367

It is optional. Allowing access to location could improve ad targeting and revenues, but you will lose unlimited rating of your application, reducing it visibility on market.

Upvotes: 0

Hounshell
Hounshell

Reputation: 5459

The AdMob SDK does not use GPS directly. If your application already gets location information, you can supply it in the AdRequest object (setLocation() IIRC), but it is up to you to actually obtain the location information.

Upvotes: 2

Nikolay Elenkov
Nikolay Elenkov

Reputation: 52936

As usual, it is a good idea to start with the documentation. You can specify the location, but it's optional. If you don't it uses (most probably) the IP address to determine rough location and target ads.

Upvotes: 0

ahillman3
ahillman3

Reputation: 976

It doesn't have any GPS info that I could find in the management interface, and the one use of it that I configured does not send GPS info. It probably uses known ip/domain info to accumulate the GEO stats.

Upvotes: 0

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