New code suggests Android Advanced Protection Mode will soon disable the Pixel Watch Unlock feature to prioritize security over convenience.

Google Assistant’s got all sorts of time-saving smarts on Android. That much we all know by now, right? But get this: Assistant’s most useful Android superpower is something that’s completely out of ...

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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 ...

The next generation of Google’s Pixel smartphones has arrived. While the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are mostly iterative refinements on Google’s now-established designs, the company packed in a few ...

Whether we like it or not, Apple has cornered the market on smartphone facial recognition. Face ID, despite its bulky, notched (or island-based) hardware, sets the gold standard for security with its ...

Google finally brought back Face Unlock to the Pixel 7, after debuting on the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, then being taken away the following year. It’s not quite as good as it was on the Pixel 4 series, ...