Google could soon let you unlock your Pixel Watch with your phone
If you’ve set up a PIN on your Pixel Watch, you already know the prompt that shows up every time you slip it back on your wrist. It’s a useful security measure, but entering a PIN on that small screen multiple times a day gets old fast. A new report suggests Google may be working on a way to let you skip it.
- ▪If you’ve set up a PIN on your Pixel Watch, you already know the prompt that shows up every time you slip it back on your wrist.
- ▪It’s a useful security measure, but entering a PIN on that small screen multiple times a day gets old fast.
- ▪A new report suggests Google may be working on a way to let you skip it.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 6 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Google could flip Watch Unlock around with a new Pixel feature — Android Authority
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| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:32:38 +0000 |
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If you’ve set up a PIN on your Pixel Watch, you already know the prompt that shows up every time you slip it back on your wrist. It’s a useful security measure, but entering a PIN on that small screen multiple times a day gets old fast. A new report suggests Google may be working on a way to let you skip it. Watch Unlock in reverse While digging through Google’s Connected Phone & Watch services app, Android Authority spotted an in-development feature that could let you unlock your Pixel Watch with your phone. It’s essentially the existing Watch Unlock feature, which lets a paired Pixel Watch unlock your phone, working in reverse.
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