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Settings : Security : Lock and unlock phone
Unlock at trusted places
Set up trusted places
To avoid repeatedly unlocking your phone when you are at familiar and trusted locations (like home or
work), use a Smart Lock. You can still manually lock the phone at trusted places when needed.
1.
Make sure you have:
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Set a screen lock
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Turned on location services.
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Entered your Home and Work locations in Maps if desired. To learn how,
2.
Go to Settings.
3.
Tap Security > Smart Lock.
If you don't see Smart Lock, try the following:
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Update Google Play services. In the Google Search widget on your home screen, search for "Google
Play services", then tap the app to open it.
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Go to Settings > Security > Advanced > Trust agents and enable Smart Lock.
4.
Unlock your phone, then tap Trusted places.
5.
Set up your places:
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If you added Home or Work locations in Maps, tap the location name and turn it on if desired.
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To add a location, tap Add trusted place. Verify your current location to add it, or tap
address to add, and tap Select this location.
Manually lock phone
To lock your phone when you're in a trusted place, on the lock screen, tap
the next time you manually unlock it.
Remove trusted places
1.
Go to Settings.
2.
Tap Security > Smart Lock.
3.
Unlock your phone, then tap Trusted places.
4.
Remove the location from your trusted places:
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For your Home or Work locations in Maps, tap the location name to toggle it off. To remove the
address entirely, you must remove it in Maps.
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For custom places you added, tap the location name, then tap
on the phone.
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