With the array of smartphones dominating the world population, regular security updates are very common. Owing to strong screen passwords, Face IDs, fingerprints, and an additional bunch of other ...

The Find My Device app on Android may soon be getting a big upgrade, as it prepares support for biometric unlock. For a long time, the point of the Find My Device app on Android was solely to locate ...

Jules joined the Android Police team in 2019. He currently produces videos, creates art for our stories, and edits our podcast. Before that, he wrote features and news, managed our weekend content, ...

If you have recently lost a friend or family member, you may be looking to gain access to their phone, computer or tablet to get their personal data. Whether you're looking for photos, passwords or ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Android 16 wants to make smartphone security a breeze, and it is doing so with a new Advanced Protection Mode. The new mode isn't a tool by itself. Instead, it essentially brings several existing, new ...

Google is adding a big improvement to fingerprint scanning on Pixel phones with the upcoming Android 16 update. The new Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock will let users unlock their devices using the ...

Since 2008, Google has offered a pattern unlock feature in its Android operating system. Pattern unlock remains a unique part of the Android experience -- you won't find the feature on any other ...