Android 17 beta code reveals a new "Unlock with Google Account" feature that could replace factory resets for locked phones.

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Google is testing an Android feature that could let users recover access to a locked phone with their Google Account instead of factory resetting it.

Forgot your Android phone password, PIN, or lock pattern and can’t get past the lock screen? On modern Android phones, there’s no way to unlock your phone without resetting it. To use it again, you ...

Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 includes code for a “Unlock with Google Account” feature, which would let users recover locked-out phones without performing a factory reset. Google previously allowed pattern ...