My phone stays unlocked when I am driving or at my home, and it's brilliant.

Google's new Android Theft Protection uses AI, biometrics and auto-locking to stop phone thieves in their tracks. Here's how ...

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 updates and biometrics solutions are coming to thwart the thieves as the software and search giant is bringing new theft protection features to Android.

Centre to the new update are stronger authentication safeguards are available to devices running Android 16 or higher. One of ...

Google today detailed the latest device theft protection features for Android across stronger authentication and enhanced recovery tools. “Failed Authentication Lock” will lock your screen “after ...

Fresh leaks from Android 17’s Canary build suggest that Google is actively working on how notifications behave for locked apps. According to a new Android Authority report, notifications from apps ...

The Xthings Ultraloq Bolt Sense is a smart lock that incorporates biometric authentication and Matter support. The Bolt Sense is able to identify a person through 3D facial recognition and palm vein ...

SwitchBot introduced its SwitchBot Lock Vision Series of smart deadbolts at CES today. The new locks use facial recognition as a primary unlock method, which the company positions as a more foolproof ...

Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to ...

Google appears to be working on a native App Lock feature for Android 17, based on code spotted in a recent Canary build. The feature would let users lock individual apps behind Face Unlock, ...

A newly discovered Android malware dubbed DroidLock can lock victims’ screens for ransom and access text messages, call logs, contacts, audio recordings, or even erase data. DroidLLock allows its ...