Protect your phone with Android theft detection features
After Google’s beta version Check in Brazil, the initial stealing feature set Android smartphone Now is Widely availableYou can choose to join.
Why does the company not automatically add protective measures to all compatible devices? Insight Brazil Beta test Help developers at the company make this decision. We have learned that users behave very differently in urban areas and in rural areas. Google. She does not want to add unnecessary friction for users who don’t care about anti -theft software.
The three features that many Android owners can activate now Stealing detection lockLocks offline and remote lock. Are you curious about using these protection features on your Android smartphone? Here is a view of how to detect by using artificial intelligence and steps to activate anti -theft features.
How to discover Android theft works?
Because many burglaries may be violent or related to sudden, shocking, Guo has searched for ads from the Google activity recognition group, operating on a similar feature available on Pixel smartphone because Detecting a car accident. At a very high level, it started with motion sensors, she said. But, an approach focusing on sudden movements can lead to many wrong activating factors, users may find that the option is more uncomfortable than the benefit and that is the place to learn machine, one manure. The part AI focuses on sample identification, appearing.
Google developers have studied smartphone theft method used in different parts globally and plays robbery to train data. We recreated those scenarios. After that, we collected the device’s trace, Guo said. We use AI to compile those traces into a model to try to predict the next time when a shock occurs. For Android owners, this process is done by using models on the device.
AI model is not static and developers plan to continue adding new smartphone theft scenarios to training data when criminals amend their behavior. Also, with Global launch Among these anti -theft features, they can now learn more about how a smartphone owner really interacts with these options.
How to turn it on?
Continue and see if your phone is running the recent version of the Android operating system. Your device needs to have Android 10 To run these three and latest features Android 15 The software allows you to access more security options. It is the basic first step, but if you do not have, add the password to your device by going to privacy settings.
Next, open Setting Application on your phone and search Theft protection. Opening this tab will display three lock screen safety features. Guo said very popular for mobile phones that people who have access to it are legal owners, according to Guo. By adding many ways to activate the lock screen, users have more protective measures if their phones are opened while opening. When Stealing detection lock Being on, the screen will automatically lock if a potential robbery, based on motion models as well as your Wi-Fi or Bluetooth is still connected.
With Lock of the offline device Activated, your phone will be transferred to the lock screen, up to twice a day, if the Internet suddenly turns off for a while or the aircraft mode is activated. From our market research, it was a popular attack they did after using an unlocked device, Guo said. Why will the thief do this? When an offline device, it cannot Reset from afar to find my device To delete your personal information from the device.
The third key screen security option is available on this page Remote. You will have to click on the name to see this conversion, unlike the first two options. This feature is designed to give you a quick, easy access to lock your phone by accessing Android.com/lock On any device and enter your phone number. However, the remote lock will only operate twice a day and activate when the smartphone online.
