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Other settings : Security & location
About security
Screen lock options
To keep your phone secure, use a
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Choose a
pattern, PIN or password
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Add a Smart Lock to unlock automatically when connected to a
at a
trusted place
phone
down.
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You can access notifications and quick settings, start a call and launch the camera from the
lock
screen.
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You can make emergency calls on a locked phone. A locked phone still rings; you don't
need to unlock it to answer.
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If you forgot your pattern, PIN or password, follow
You can customise the lock screen by adding
notifications appear on your lock screen.
Additional security options
For additional security, you can also:
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Protect
your phone in case it's lost or stolen. Use Find My Device.
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Connect to a
virtual private network
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Add a
SIM lock
information if your phone is stolen.
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Prevent viruses
Protect against harmful apps
Scan phone for harmful apps
Play Protect helps keep your phone secure by automatically scanning your phone to check for
potentially harmful apps.
If Play Protect finds a potentially harmful app, it stops the app from running and warns you so
you can uninstall it.
To see the results or to rescan:
1.
Open
the Play Store app.
screen lock
(such as home or work), with
to prevent others from using your mobile plan and accessing account
and other attacks on your data and privacy with Google Play Protect.
when it goes to sleep:
to unlock.
facial
recognition, or until you
these
your contact
if you need to access files on a secure network.
trusted
device, when you're
steps.
info. You can also
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set your
control
which
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