Today, mobile phones are an essential part of our daily life, since we use them to communicate, work, save photos, access bank accounts or manage our personal information. Due to all that private information they store, Protecting them against unauthorized accesses is more than necessary. Therefore, Google has added a new function to Android.
From now on, if an Android phone or tablet remains blocked for three days in a row, The system will automatically restart. This measure will be included in version 25.14 of the Google Play services, which will begin to reach the devices in the next few days.
State “before the first unlock”
As reported from Techcrunchthe objective of this automatic restart is to maintain protected user data. When restarting, the device enters what is known as a state “Before the first unlock”in which All information remains encrypted And it cannot be accessed without the key, the pin or the biometric authentication of the owner.
This complicates the attempts to access the content and The function does not erase data or make factory restorationsimply restart the device. This action makes unauthorized access difficult if the phone has been lost or stolen and It has not been used in 72 hours.
This idea is not new, since Apple had already implemented something similar in iOS 18.1 with one function that restarts the iPhone after 96 hours of inactivity. Google update will be deployed progressively and It will only affect phones and tablets, leaving other devices such as televisions or PC with Android out.
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