Biometric locks like face recognition are easy to set up—but thanks to a legal loophole, they're easier for law enforcement to bypass than a passcode.

Android's Extend Unlock capability makes your phone stay unlocked in situations you decide. In real-life scenarios, that means you can select places where you will not need to enter the passcode or ...

Google has strengthened Android's brute-force protection with 36 password guesses before lockout and enhanced theft detection features rolling out this week.

Failed Authentication Lock, first seen in Android 15, is a feature that automatically locks your device's screen after excessive failed authentication attempts. To give you more control over your own ...

Google has introduced stronger Android authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools to make smartphones more challenging targets for thieves.

Enhanced lockouts and stronger remote locking aim to make stolen devices far harder—and less profitable—for criminals.

Android’s new anti-theft update adds stronger biometric checks, enhanced lockout rules, and expanded remote security tools to ...

Google today detailed the latest device theft protection features for Android across stronger authentication and enhanced ...

Google has improved the anti-theft features on Android 16 phones, enabling some protections by default in Brazil -- here’s ...

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Google is developing a new set of Wi-Fi controls for Android that will let users choose whether a saved Wi-Fi network is shared with other profiles on the same device (via Android Authority).

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