Google is making another play to get iPhone users to turn to its AI instead of ChatGPT for their assistant needs. The latest update for the Google Gemini app on iPhone brings six new lock screen ...

Yale, which features on our top recommendations for smart locks, has long had a close relationship with Google Nest, which is seen in products like the aptly-named Nest x Yale Lock. Now, the home ...

Google may be working on a native App Lock feature for Android 17 that lets users secure specific apps without the restrictions of Private Space. This new API allows the default launcher to lock apps, ...

Google’s Nest Protect is being discontinued, as is the Nest x Yale Smart Door Lock, as part of a move to build a platform “that all device makers and developers can use,” the company told me in a ...

Fresh leaks from Android 17’s Canary build suggest that Google is actively working on how notifications behave for locked apps. According to a new Android Authority report, notifications from apps ...

Google is introducing a native App Lock feature for Android Automotive that lets you secure specific apps behind a PIN. Known as “sensitive app protection,” this feature allows you to lock third-party ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Jan. 13 with further updates on locking apps on Android.

Google introduced the first-gen Nest Protect smart home accessory in 2013. The company released the second-gen model in 2015, which it has just discontinued. If you like Google’s smart home ecosystem, ...