Google’s new Android Lockdown gets pixels beyond iPhones

Google’s latest Android lock continues to limit the gap to the iPhone. But more critically, we now see a major difference between what comes to its own pixels – and when it comes – against the rest of the Android ecosystem. The Pixel offer changes its points and this in turn changes Android. Google’s latest lock update is something that even iPhones do not yet have.

This latest pixel upgrade has come via Android 16 Beta 2 and while users cannot even benefit from it, it will appear on their phones before others. This is what we saw with Android 15 Beta and fixed releases and this is what we see again now.

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It is also clear that Android 16 will have the same focus on safety and privacy with Android 15, further reducing the gap on the iPhone. The last update, per Android principleIt adds a flag that allows applications to check if a user is registered to the advanced Google Protection program, which we already know adds a special Android feature.

While the new feature makes it possible to change the way Android itself works for more security users, the latest update means that google applications can also modify their behaviors for users who have allowed the additional Protection mattress. This one -click setting is something that the iPhone does not have, but it would be a good change.

This may mean that a banking application could impose additional MFA controls or an email application can allow additional infiltration and threat control or per per per Android principle Example, “a signal such as the signal could automatically activate screen exclusion and display functions for those who are registered with advanced protection.”

Absence of this change, a user should allow additional security in each application, despite the fact that Android is better locked. Changing connections to the new Android advanced protection feature. Therefore, the new API cannot be activated until the new feature works. But it is on the road and will make a welcome difference.

These are interesting moments for Android and its billions of users. While Samsung remains the closest to an iPhone, Pixel is quickly attracted. And the advantages of Google’s hardware and software control begin to bite. With the owners of Samsung Galaxy still waiting for Android 15 and the latest Android Zero-Day Fix, both of which immediately received the pixels, something must change.

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I often ask if users have to subscribe to Google’s Advanced protection program or the equivalent Apple lock mode. For many users, Google’s additional security is worth it and the company is “strongly recommended” for business executives as well as for the most sensitive jobs. It does not really block the use of Android, but it defines reasonable use of security and limits the most dangerous activities such as Sideloading.

Apple Lock function It is different and more extreme and prevents the use of the iPhone. Therefore, the iPhone manufacturer says that “most people never target attacks this nature”, and thus they should not allow lock to function on their devices.