According to Xthings, its NFC unlocking on Android works by setting the U Home app as the phone’s NFC handler, allowing it to “run as a lightweight background service to listen for NFC intents.” When ...

A software update gives Android smartphone users a convenient feature that iPhone users have had since this smart lock ...

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 ...

It’s a disconcerting experience, to say the least, to be locked out of your own phone. Whether you forgot the password or bought a second-hand phone that arrived still locked from the last user, it ...

All Pixel phones can now use the Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature in Android 16 Beta 3. The Screen-off Fingerprint Unlock feature lets you unlock your Pixel phone even when its screen is off. It ...

Have your old Android or iPhone charged up and on hand when you start the setup process. Back up current Android to the cloud, or install Google One on iPhone if your phone has Android 11 or older.

The latest Google Play Service beta now allows users to temporarily deactivate Extend Unlock more easily. Prior to the latest update, deactivating Extend Unlock required deleting trusted places.

The Chameleon Android banking trojan has re-emerged with a new version that uses a tricky technique to take over devices — disable fingerprint and face unlock to steal device PINs. It does this by ...