Android 16 will bring a new anti-theft feature to phones not made by Google and Samsung

Google's Identity Check anti-theft security feature arrived on its Pixels with the December 2024 Pixel Feature Drop, and Samsung has already incorporated it into its One UI 7 based on Android 15. But for every other Android device out there, this will only appear as part of the Android 16 update. So here's what it is. If you enable it, Identity Check will ask for your biometrics before letting you change critical security settings or allowing access to saved passwords and other sensitive data. Crucially, the biometrics prompt for Identity Check specifically does not allow a fallback to...

Apr 15, 2025 - 22:21

Android 16 will bring a new anti-theft feature to phones not made by Google and Samsung

Google's Identity Check anti-theft security feature arrived on its Pixels with the December 2024 Pixel Feature Drop, and Samsung has already incorporated it into its One UI 7 based on Android 15. But for every other Android device out there, this will only appear as part of the Android 16 update. So here's what it is. If you enable it, Identity Check will ask for your biometrics before letting you change critical security settings or allowing access to saved passwords and other sensitive data. Crucially, the biometrics prompt for Identity Check specifically does not allow a fallback to...