The technology used for facial recognition on most Android devices can be easily tricked with something as simple as a photo of your face. Do yourself another favor and don’t use facial recognition on your Android device. Be Prepared Create a secure lock screenĭo yourself a favor and turn on passcode and fingerprint authentication. But first, you’ll need to take some steps to set yourself up for success. You can find the update in the Play Store here.In the event your phone goes missing, don’t panic! There are tools built into every Android phone that makes it possible to lock and track down a lost phone with ease. One catch: even if you’ve got an Android phone that comes with the locator functionality out-of-the-box, you’ll need to update to the latest build for the phone-the-owner functionality to work. Tap the lock button, toss in a “Recovery Message” (read: a plea to whoever finds the phone to not be a jerk) and an unlock password, and add a phone number where you can be reached.īam! Whoever finds the phone now has a way to instantly reach you with the press of a button - but since the rest of the phone is locked down behind a password of your choosing, that’s the only thing they can use your phone for. If you lose your phone, just head over to Google’s browser-based Android Device Manager. Today that feature gets even better, thanks to the addition of a trick that seems so obviously great in hindsight: your lost phone can be set to call you - and only you - as soon as someone finds it. (It works with older Android phones, too - you just have to install the free app yourself)

Did you know that Android has a built-in mechanism for locating or locking your lost phone? Google hasn’t done the best job marketing it, but it’s actually been baked right in since the release of Android 4.4*.

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