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The documentation that Google provides for their Fused Location Provider API says that, "The fused location provider manages the underlying location technologies, such as GPS and Wi-Fi, and provides a simple API that you can use to specify the required quality of service."

Looking at the source for FusedLocationProvider, I can see that it makes use of GPS and Network (which is presumably Wi-Fi and cell). However, that source hasn't changed since 2012.

Do Android devices ever use other sources of location data like the magnetometer in FusedLocationProvider implementations?

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    [Compass has issues with getting reliable data](https://stackoverflow.com/q/9462346/295004) and at most gives device orientation (same for gyroscope). To my knowledge there are no other common external sources of location beyond GPS, WiFi, and cell tower. I am aware that the Google Maps app can use the camera on supported devices/locations to identify location via their [Live View](https://support.google.com/maps/answer/9332056?hl=en) feature, but that feature is not available to third-party developers. – Morrison Chang Sep 23 '22 at 00:16

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