I found an app that's basically Good Lock for my Pixel — and I can't live without it

Samsung Good Lock is an extremely powerful tool. What if you could get similar features on a Pixel? Meet the Essentials app.

Good Lock is why I keep coming back to the Galaxy S26

After using Good Lock on my Galaxy S26, Samsung’s software stopped feeling like a fixed interface and started feeling like ...
Digital Trends

Android 17’s native app lock may also hide notifications from locked apps

Fresh leaks from Android 17’s Canary build suggest that Google is actively working on how notifications behave for locked apps. According to a new Android Authority report, notifications from apps ...
Android Authority

You can finally use lock screen widgets on your Pixel phone, here's how

Google’s Android 16 QPR2 update is here, and it’s a pretty impressive one. This latest quarterly platform release comes with several user-facing changes, and one of the biggest among them is lock ...
Techlicious

How Android 17 will protect your phone from thieves

Google's Android 17 adds default theft protection, blocks apps from reading your login codes, and flags fake bank calls.