--- title: Upcoming Changes to the Nearby Connections API | daily.dev description: Google is updating the Nearby Connections API to stop automatically toggling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios on behalf of apps. Starting late 2026, both first-party... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-changes-to-the-nearby-connections-api-flhyllnii twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Upcoming Changes to the Nearby Connections API | daily.dev og:description: Google is updating the Nearby Connections API to stop automatically toggling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios on behalf of apps. Starting late 2026, both first-party... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/upcoming-changes-to-the-nearby-connections-api-flhyllnii og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FLHyLLNII.png og:image:alt: Upcoming Changes to the Nearby Connections API og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Upcoming Changes to the Nearby Connections API **[Android Developers Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/androiddev)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google is updating the Nearby Connections API to stop automatically toggling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios on behalf of apps. Starting late 2026, both first-party and third-party apps must manage radio states manually and notify users when required radios are disabled, rather than enabling them programmatically. Developers using this API need to review and update their connection workflows before the change takes effect. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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