On Saturday morning, you might have noticed an app called “Android Pulse” appearing in the list of available Google Play updates.
Instead of an application icon, there’s just a blank square. Opening the Play Store listing does reveal it’s a first-party Google app meant for “Defining anomalies for debugging” rather than anything malicious.
com.google.android.apps.pulse
Google adds: “This app facilitates rule distribution for anomaly detection in critical system resource consumption by the Android operating system and installed applications.”
What does Android Pulse do?
