Gemini May Soon Ask Koreans for Sensitive-Data Consent Before Agent Features (APK Teardown)

Gemini has been steadily moving from simple chatbot-style answers toward more proactive help, and Google’s latest app code suggests that another layer may be forming around that shift. This one appears to involve an “agent” onboarding flow with unusually explicit consent language for sensitive personal data in Korea.

Now, a teardown of Google App v17.38.5.sa.arm64 points to a separate Gemini agent consent screen. We found this in the code but could not surface it in the app yet on an unrooted device, so it is likely gated behind a server-side flag or unfinished rollout path.

The new strings, seen below, point to a Korea-specific onboarding card for an agent flow:

assistant_robin_agent_onboarding_card_korea_title = 'How your data is handled'
assistant_robin_agent_onboarding_card_korea_bullet_point1 = '"I understand that data processing, including sharing, may include unique identification information, like my driver\'s license information."'
assistant_robin_agent_onboarding_card_korea_bullet_point2 = 'I understand that data processing, including sharing, may include information I find sensitive, like race, religion, or health information.'
assistant_robin_agent_onboarding_card_korea_body = 'Spark uses data as described in the <a href=%1$s>Google Privacy Policy</a> and <a href=%2$s>Gemini Apps Privacy Hub</a>. Your Gemini Apps activity is kept based on your <a href=%3$s>Auto-delete setting</a>. Your Auto-delete options are %6$s months, %7$s months, %8$s months, or until you delete it. You can manage and delete your <a href=%4$s>Gemini Apps activity</a> at any time. <a href=%5$s>Learn how Google retains data</a>'
assistant_robin_agent_onboarding_continue = 'Continue'
assistant_robin_agent_onboarding_go_back = 'Go back'

The most interesting part here is not just that Gemini is asking for consent, but what kind of consent this appears to be. The language specifically mentions data processing, including sharing, that may involve unique identification information like driver’s license information. It also calls out sensitive information such as race, religion, and health information.

That is notably broader than a standard feature toggle. It suggests Google may be preparing a Gemini experience that needs permission to work with more sensitive categories of personal data, at least in Korea. The internal string names also label this as an “agent” onboarding flow, which makes it seem distinct from the regular Proactive Assistance settings found elsewhere in the same build.

Those Proactive Assistance strings describe Gemini using what is on your screen, notifications, and chosen apps to offer suggestions at the right time. They also reference connected apps, including Gmail and Calendar examples, plus data from messages, screenshots, images, and important PDFs.

assistant_robin_ace_settings_title = 'Proactive Assistance'
assistant_robin_ace_settings_description = '"Proactive Assistance uses what\'s on your screen, your notifications, and info from apps you choose so you can get suggestions at the right time."'
assistant_robin_ace_apps_settings_title = 'Connected apps'
assistant_robin_ace_apps_settings_personal_intelligence_apps_description = 'Choose apps, like Gmail and Calendar, that Proactive Assistance can use for suggestions'
assistant_robin_ace_apps_settings_footer_description = 'This data is processed entirely in a private, encrypted space on your device and in the cloud.'

From the looks of things, Proactive Assistance and this agent onboarding are related in theme but not identical in scope. Proactive Assistance is framed around suggestions, while the agent flow has its own onboarding controls and a more explicit data-handling card. That could point to a more autonomous or action-taking Gemini mode, though the strings do not spell out exactly what the agent will do.

Google has not announced this flow, and we could not activate it to confirm the final UI or behavior. We will keep watching future Google App betas to see whether this agent onboarding ships, changes, or disappears before release.