Android smartphone gets auto-restart security facility with the latest Google Play Services updates

Google is providing a new security facility for Android smartphone that has not been unlocked for a period of three days, so it will automatically restart the user’s handset. This feature is designed to secure data on the smartphone, which is to prevent unauthorized access. This feature is also expected to be available on Android Tablet. Apple rolled out a uniform ‘inaction reboot’ feature with iOS 18.1 in October 2024, leaving unattainable for a 72-hour period.

Rebooting Android phones to protect data from unauthorized access

latest Google Play Services V25.14 Update Rolling out on Monday includes a new feature that will reboot an Android smartphone automatically if it has been locked “for 3 consecutive days”. This means that if you have not unlocked your handset for a 72-hour period, it will be automatically restarted and when you pick up your smartphone again you will be motivated to enter your passcode.

When a smartphone is rebooted, all users on the handset are encrypted and biometrics are disabled until a user enters their passcode. This is first called unlocking the state, which prevents unauthorized access to user data. After entering the passcode, the user data is dec

By rebooting an Android smartphone automatically, if it is left unattainable for three days, Google can save user data from being accessed by unauthorized parties, including thieves. Whenever a phone is rebooted, BFU is enabled, so a simple restart user can help protect the information.

While Google’s Changlogas mentioned that automatic restart facility is available for “phone”, the same feature is likely to come on Android Tablet. The Changelog of Google also mentions that it would be an alternative feature, which suggests that the convenience may be a togle to disable.

A uniform automatic restarted feature was recently introduced by Apple with iOS 18.1 update. If the iOS 18.1 or new running iPhone is left unattainable for 72 hours, the handset will reboot to protect the user data. Thanks to the new ‘inactivity reboot’ feature, this feature was discovered after the smartphone seized by the smartphone seized by law enforcement.