com.android.soundpicker Copy

This is the system Sound Picker (labelled "Sounds" on many devices). It is the small user interface that appears when you choose a ringtone, notification tone or alarm sound, for example from Settings or when another app asks the system to pick a sound. It is part of the Android platform rather than a standalone Google product: on this database it is signed by Google on Google devices and re-signed by each OEM on their own builds, which is the signing pattern of an AOSP component shipped by many makers. Version note: the separate com.android.soundpicker package is listed as requiring Android 14 or later, which suggests the sound picker was split out into its own package around that release, having previously been provided within the system rather than as a distinct app. The precise release boundary and what it replaced could not be confirmed from an authoritative source beyond the app listing's Android 14 requirement, so treat this version detail as indicative rather than verified. For Android Enterprise, EMM and kiosk fleets it is a platform helper, not a user app and not part of enrolment or management. Because other apps and the Settings UI invoke it to let a user select a sound, disabling it may break the "choose a ringtone or notification sound" flow rather than simply removing an icon, so it is not a straightforward removal candidate. On a locked-down kiosk where sounds are fixed by policy it may be harmless to disable, but test the specific device first.

• Sound Picker (com.android.soundpicker), Google LLC, requires Android 14 - Uptodown →
• Package signer provenance for com.android.soundpicker - Android System App Database →

• Signed by Google's own signing key (the same key Google uses across devices), so it is a Google-provided preinstall that updates independently of the system image, though 27 different Google signing keys appear across the fleet.
• Its largest observed manifest declares 9 permissions: 2 runtime (user-granted), 3 signature or system-level, 2 install-time and 2 vendor or uncatalogued.
• Never reported as user-facing, so it runs as a background or system component rather than an app the user opens.