Google is rolling out a new set of features aimed at making it harder for thieves to access your data. This is stated by Mishaal Rahman, who posted on Reddit that the features appear in a new update after seeing that its Xiaomi 14T Pro phone now has theft detection lock and offline device lock, two of the three features that Google announced in May. Others say they only see the third one, called Remote Lock.
The most striking of the new features is the theft detection lock, which uses artificial intelligence to lock the screen when it detects “common motion associated with theft,” such as someone snatching the phone from your hand. Meanwhile, Offline Device Lock locks a device's screen when it's offline for a while, and Remote Lock lets users lock their phone using just their phone number when they can't sign in to Find My Device with their password.
So far, I'm not seeing any of the features on my own Pixel 6. You can see screenshots of setting up the new features in Rahman's Overnight Threads post below.
Theft detection lock and offline device lock are supported on any Android device running Android 10 and up, while you'll need at least Android 5 for remote locking. If you don't have the features yet, you can try updating Google Play Services, although Google tends to roll out new features over time, rather than for everyone at once, so like me, you may have to wait .
