The Watch Unlock between Wear OS and Android 13 is close to release

Google in recent years has invested a lot of effort not only in smartphone sectorwhere he has profoundly renewed his Pixels, but also in that of smart watches where he presented his very first Pixel Watch.

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Pixel Watch has arrived accompanied by the new version of Wear OS. In addition to the graphical renewal of the operating system for wearables, Google recently announced some exciting new features. Among these we find the one called Watch Unlock.

The Watch Unlock feature was recently unveiled at the CES 2023 from Google. The feature aims to allow it unlocking android devices And Chromebooks when nearby you have a Wear OS smartwatch with the same account associated with it as on your Android device and Chromebook.

Automatic unlocking takes place without any action by the user. If active, a will be displayed message on screen of the device indicating the unlock by Watch Unlock in case a Wear OS smartwatch is nearby.

Google showed a demonstration of how Watch Unlock works at the last CES in Las Vegas.

Despite the same Google has specified that the functionality has yet to be completed and which therefore still is under developmentimportant references have been found to the implementation of the same functionality in Android and Wear OS in the latest version, the 23.03.13of Google Play Services.

9to5Google in its Google Play Services teardown managed to identify where it will be located activation of this feature. You will be able to activate and manage Watch Unlock-enabled devices via Settings > Security and privacy > Other security settings. The screenshots in the gallery they show a preview of how the graphical interface to manage the Watch Unlock will look like.

So to summarize the functionality predicts:

• To use the smartwatch for to unlock the device when your face or fingerprint is not recognized. Useful when wearing a mask or having wet fingers.
• The smartwatch must be unlocked, on your wrist and close to the device to be unlocked. You will not need to unlock your smartwatch again.
• When your device is unlocked you will receive a notification on smartwatch. To lock the device again, simply touch the notification presented on the screen.
• To use Watch Unlock you will need to have a device (phone or tablet) updated to Android 13.

Google has not yet specified when the Watch Unlock function will be officially launched.

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