What is On-Body Detection? With Android 5.1, Google brings the new feature Device Protection, which will lock lost or stolen devices Appliances. Οι συσκευές θα παραμένουν κλειδωμένες μέχρι οι ιδιοκτήτες τους να συνδεθούν με τον account them on Google.
The security feature used by Google is not new as Apple has been using it for a long time with "find my Phone".
But Google seems to have reinforced this by inventing a new extra security feature. According to an Android Police publication, Google has launched a new smart lock function called "On-Body Detection."
This feature uses an accelerometer inside the phone to figure out where the phone is in correspondence with your body. Is it in your pocket or somewhere away from you?
If the new feature detects that the phone is not near you, it will lock the device, preventing snoopers from getting your personal data.
The device will remain locked until you locate it and unlock it. It will remain unlocked as long as you hold it in your hand or in your pocket, but if you leave it on a table, it will lock again.
If you give the unlocked device to another person, it will remain unlocked because the system is not designed to recognize "you" and "the other". He can only understand if someone has it in his hand or in his pocket.
The source that revealed them information for the new feature, he was using a Nexus 4 with Android 5.0.1, so the On-Body Detection in fact it seems to be there not only on Android 5.1. The user also reported that the latest Play Services (7.0.97) was installed.
