Samsung Galaxy Watch could lock your phone when it is left behind

Recently, Samsung began to encourage Galaxy Phone users in Activate anti-theft features. An extension to these measures could soon happen to the Android ecosystem, because Google seems to work on a feature that could allow a smartwatch to automatically lock a connected phone when you leave it behind. And functionality could happen to future Galaxy watches.

A Android report Authority Affirms that Google is developing a feature that automatically locks your Android phone when your Smartwatch Wear OS detects that you left the phone behind. Function code channels have been discovered in the latest version (3.5.0.758720535) of the Google Pixel Watch application and contain the message “The phone locks when it disconnect from your watch, like when it is far away. “”

Currently, a pixel watch can Automatically unlock a connected phone When it is in the beach, but cannot lock the phone when the two devices are not in the range of each other. However, the functionality is not available on Galaxy watches.

The new feature that is currently being developed will make your smartphone more secure, as it will automatically be locked when you accidentally leave it. Thus, any other person who tries to access your phone will have to enter the pin to access their data.

This feature is currently being developed and has not yet been announced. However, at least one user seems to have received it, and you can see how this new option appears in the Google Pixel Watch application for Android phones. The functionality does not seem to work from now on.

Once Google has finished developing feature, it could be published for all OS SmartWatches watches, including the Samsung Galaxy Watch range. Hopefully the ability to lock and unlock a phone, depending on whether you wear your Galaxy watch and if it is unlocked, will be published with the next Watch UI 8 update based on US 6.

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