Apps are something we access on a daily basis, either through our smartphones or tablets. We might use an app to monitor the weather, to track our fitness, to keep a to-do list, to look at photos we ...

Google is introducing a native App Lock feature for Android Automotive that lets you secure specific apps behind a PIN. Known as “sensitive app protection,” this feature allows you to lock third-party ...

Samsung has confirmed the inclusion of an app lock feature in its forthcoming One UI 9.5 update, signaling a significant step forward in mobile privacy and security. This highly anticipated feature ...

The Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 update that Google sent out on Friday has several new features that were unexpectedly included and we might all benefit from. For one, a new “App Lock” feature brings ...

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Usually, you don’t want people poking around on your device. There are ways to stop this, including biometrics and passcodes, but Android users don’t have many privacy options once someone — whether ...

We’ve discovered the App lock feature in the latest Android Canary release. This comes a while after we first discovered evidence of this feature in older Android builds. The new Android release lets ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Jan. 13 with further updates on locking apps on ...