Google will be making it harder for anyone to access your Android device in an unauthorized manner by leveraging biometrics as an extra protection layer. The Google Identity Check option that is in development will require a fingerprint scan in addition to a PIN number, or a password.
With it, however, Android’s security will be greatly increased as it will not just rely on biometrics that, let’s face it (pun intended), can be easily overcome by forcing the phone owner to press their finger against the screen or look at the camera.
Identity Check will use both PIN and fingerprint scan to unlock. | Image credit – AA
Google is smart enough not to enable those features in your average trusted location, though, but will turn Identity Check on when it senses that your phone is located outside its familiar zone.
Afterward, you can opt into the Identity Check feature and make sure that your phone asks for a fingerprint scan after being unlocked with a PIN when it is outside trusted locations like your home or workplace, but how exactly are those going to be tracked, remains to be seen in the final implementation