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A new "Watch Unlock" feature seems to be rolling out (bitforged.space)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by russjr08@bitforged.space to c/googlepixel@lemmy.world
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I just had this notification come up, not sure if it's exclusive to ~~Pixel Watches~~ (appears to be Pixel Watch exclusive currently) and Pixel phones - but seems to be a more "intelligent" version of Trusted Devices since supposedly the range is shorter, and it requires your watch to be unlocked.

Seems nice. If your phone is unlocked by the watch, a screen on the watch will appear for a few seconds that lets you relock the phone (and I suspect prevents it from unlocking again until the PIN is entered).

Obligatory "trust your surroundings" disclaimer if you enable this. I haven't had the opportunity to test the range yet, but I'll certainly enjoy it at home at the very least.

Google has a support document on this feature here - provided by @scottrepreneur@lemmy.world

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[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Why lock your phone at all if you're going to do stuff like this? This level of convenience pretty much eliminates security.

[-] russjr08@bitforged.space 4 points 9 months ago

For me personally, I have a higher "trust factor" at home, for obvious reasons.

I'm not suggesting you use it while out and about (in fact, I tried to imply that you shouldn't). Whether you choose to use it or not is up to you, I'm just here to show that it's an option now.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Are you able to have it automatically disable when you leave home?

[-] russjr08@bitforged.space 3 points 8 months ago

That would be nice, but I don't see a setting for that unfortunately. But the setting in the Wear app is pretty quick to get to at least.

[-] Delphiantares@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Don't do it it's shit in it's current form . Turned it on and at first face unlock would kick in faster . then bizzarly it would activate simultaneously with either finger print or face and results in a loop where it would unlock then get kicked back to the lock screen and tell me that it was unlocked by the watch but it wasn't unlocked . Got annoying enough that I had to hold the watch hand out away from the phone when I tried to unlock, eventually just said screw it and turned it off.

Pixel watch 2 and 8 pro.

Only had it work properly maybe a handful of times

[-] scottrepreneur@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Is exclusive to pixel watches (for now at least). Bummer

[-] russjr08@bitforged.space 3 points 9 months ago

Dang! Appreciate the heads up, I'll edit the post to clarify at least!

[-] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the heads up!

this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2024
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