Google will let your Pixel phone unlock your Pixel Watch | Infinium-tech

Google already lets you unlock your phone using the Pixel Watch through the Watch Unlock feature, but now it looks like the company is working on letting you do it the other way too.

Strings of codes found in the latest connected phone and watch apps show a “phone to watch unlock” feature. When it launches, it will automatically unlock your Pixel Watch when your paired Pixel phone is unlocked. Unfortunately, this is probably specific to the Pixel phone and Pixel watch duo.

Anyway, once you get it, you’ll be able to skip entering a PIN or pattern and just unlock your phone to use your watch. You can select “Automatically unlock your watch?” You can also see active notifications like. and “Unlocking your watch just got easier” to let you know when the feature becomes available.

This will require one-time setup. You’ll need to enter your watch’s PIN or pattern on your phone before you’re allowed to unlock your watch automatically. If you get a new Pixel watch, the trusted connection between your old one and your phone will be transferred to the new watch without having to do the entire setup again.

It’s still unclear when Google plans to launch this feature, but the Pixel Watch 5 is going to be unveiled on August 12, so we wouldn’t be surprised if unlocking your watch with your phone will debut with it.

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