A new Android feature will lock your screen if your phone is stolen

Google is introducing a number of new features designed to make it harder for thieves to access your data. That's according to Mishaal Rahman, who posted on Reddit that the features are coming in a new update after seeing that his Xiaomi 14T Pro phone now has anti-theft lock and offline device lock, two of three features that Google announced in May. Others say they only see the third feature called Remote Lock.

The most noticeable of the new features is theft detection lock, which uses AI to lock your screen when it detects “common theft-related movements,” such as someone snatching your phone from your hand. Meanwhile, Offline Device Lock locks a device's screen when it's offline for a while, and Remote Lock lets users lock their phone with just their phone number if they can't log in to Find My Device with their password .

So far I don't see any of the features on my own Pixel 6. You can see screenshots of the new features' settings below in Rahman's Night Threads post.

Theft Detection Lock and Offline Device Lock are supported on any Android device running Android 10 and above, while remote lock requires at least Android 5. If you don't have the features yet, you can try updating Google Play Services. However, Google rolls out new features over time rather than to everyone at once, so you, like me, may have to wait.