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

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 ...

Often, in our haste—or after setting a new password or pattern—we end up forgetting it. Alternatively, young children at home sometimes set a password or pattern that they cannot recall, resulting in ...

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.