Google adds a very useful safety function in the event of theft or loss of your Android smartphone

Secure your Android smartphone Without having anything to do, it is Google's project through a recent update of its services. Via a small simple but effective mechanism of automatic restart, the Mountain View firm comes to bring the phone back into a state where access to personal data is much more difficult.

A restart that changes all safety side on Android

With the April 2025 update (version 25.14) its Google Play services, Google has introduced an interesting novelty to protect its users: “” “[Téléphone] With this function, your device automatically restarts if it is locked for 3 consecutive days ”.

The usefulness of this process is that The smartphone will return to mode Before First Unlock (with the first unlocking). Interest? The data remains encrypted, and therefore significantly less accessible. Conversely, the mode After First Unlockacting after the first unlocking at start -up, gives much wider access to user information.

This automatic restart adds a precious safety layer, by complicating the task of thieves or other malicious people seeking to access personal data.

After 9TO5GOOGLEthis novelty from update 25.14 of the Google Play services should be deployed in next week. *”However, you may have to wait a few more weeks before the new Android automatic restart function is activated,” said the media.

To date, Google has not specified the Minimum version of Android required, nor if it will be necessary to manually activate this new safety option more than useful. The coming weeks should probably tell us more about it.

In addition to smartphones, we obviously expect the other categories of products, including Android connected tablets and watches, also benefit in the future.