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

Your Android device will soon automatically back up and restore Theft Protection settings. Android’s Theft Protection settings include Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock, Remote Lock, and more.

For most people, the smartphone is the most important and most personal computer. It's the first device you use in the morning and before bed, as it holds your entire digital life. All that ...

Google has started rolling out an Android theft protection feature update to eligible devices. It adds stronger authentication, smarter lockouts, expanded biometric checks, and improved remote ...

Google released an updated set of tools to help keep Android phones safe with new anti-theft features.

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The latest Android security update makes it harder for thieves to break into stolen phones, with stronger biometric requirements and smarter lockouts. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson ...

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

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Google is strengthening Android security to tackle rising smartphone theft, announcing new anti-theft protections with its latest update. The features are mainly rolling out with Android 16, ...

My Pixel phone recently got stolen, and it made me realize that Google's phones lack a security option seen on Samsung and ...

Google expands Android theft protection with stronger security controls, biometric safeguards, and enhanced remote lock tools for Android devices.