Thieves will think 100 times before stealing the phone. With these devices and data security features from Google, no one will be able to steal your phone.

Technical News Office – Nowadays, thanks to smartphones, we can easily perform daily tasks like talking to our friends or family, doing online banking, storing sensitive information, clicking photos of our friends and family and carrying out instant payments. Although phones have made our lives easier, they contain a lot of valuable information, which attracts data thieves. Google has introduced a new set of advanced theft security features to protect your phone and your data. These features will be available on Android 10+ devices via a Google Play Services update later this year, with some features also included in Android 15.

Better device and data security to prevent theft
With new and improved security features to make your device more secure to prevent theft, these features will make thieves think twice before stealing it.

Factory Reset Upgrade: Factory reset prevents resetting by upgrade thieves. Most thieves, after stealing the phone, immediately reset it and resell it. But with the upgrade to Android Factory Reset Protection, this has become more difficult. With this upgrade, if a thief tries to reset a stolen device, they won’t be able to reset it without knowing your device or Google account credentials. This will reduce incidents of theft.

The Private Space hides your sensitive applications: Usually, some thieves just want the device, but some try to extort money by stealing important data from the phone. Private Space is a new feature that lets you create a separate space on your phone that you can hide and lock with a different PIN. This may protect your personal information such as your health or financial information.

Steps to Change Sensitive Device Settings to Protect Data: Disabling Find My Device or extending the screen timeout now requires your PIN, password, or biometric authentication. This gives criminals who want to keep your device unlocked or untraceable online an extra layer of security to overcome.

Authentication improvements for security: noWhen e-authentication is enabled, biometrics will be required to access and change Google account and device settings, such as changing your PIN, turning off theft protection, or bypassing the password.