Authority Insights<\/strong><\/a> for more exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, and in-depth tech coverage you won’t find anywhere else.<\/p>\nAn\u00a0APK teardown<\/b> helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release.<\/p>\n
According to strings of code we spotted in version 25.29.31 of the Google Play Services beta, Identity Check may soon recognize a connected smartwatch as a kind of trust signal. They suggest that, if your watch is nearby and connected, your phone may treat that as a sign that you\u2019re still in control. This could potentially reduce how much you need to authenticate with biometrics while not in one of your safe spots.<\/p>\n
This wouldn\u2019t necessarily remove the need for your fingerprint or PIN entirely, but it could strike a better balance between convenience and security for users who already unlock their watch with a PIN and keep it strapped to their wrist. It\u2019s a small touch that could make Android\u2019s theft protection feel a bit less intrusive in everyday use.<\/p>\n
Here are the strings we noticed:<\/p>\n
Code<\/p>\n
Copy TextWith your watch connected, Identity Check automatically recognizes you while maintaining your security even when you\u2019re not in a trusted location<\/b>
\nProtection on the move with watch<\/b><\/p>\n
As an in-progress feature, we don\u2019t yet know if this addition to Identity Check will eventually roll out in a public release or if it will work exactly as we have assumed here. With Android\u2019s security tools continuing to evolve, smartwatch security integration seems like a logical next step, as long as the mugger doesn\u2019t swipe your wearable at the same time as your phone.<\/p>\n
Got a tip? Talk to us!<\/strong>\u00a0Email our staff at news@androidauthority.com<\/a>. You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it’s your choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Haines \/ Android Authority TL;DR Google may be working on smartwatch support for Android\u2019s Identity Check feature.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":90171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[52197,11703,705,9391,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-90170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-android-security","9":"tag-authority-insights","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-smartwatches","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114911419105935172","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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