- Watch Unlock on the Pixel Watch allows your smartwatch’s presence to keep your phone unlocked.
- Right now, that doesn’t work in the opposite direction, and walking away from your phone won’t automatically lock it.
- Google appears to be working on a “lock on disconnect” option that would finally offer that ability.
While there’s no guaranteed way to prevent phone theft, making sure you keep your handset locked is probably the single easiest and most effective step you can take. Android already offers plenty of ways to help make sure your phone is locked when it needs to be, like how Theft Detection Lock can use device sensors to recognize when it’s been snatched out of your hands, and accordingly lock things down. Today we’re looking into another development in this direction, as we spot evidence for a new auto-lock feature.