The latest Android Canary build includes an automatic SIM lock protection feature. This feature saves you from having to enter your SIM card’s PIN when rebooting your phone. This comes several weeks ...

Android 17 beta 2, which rolled out last month, included strings for a new automatic SIM lock protection feature. The latest Android Canary build brings this feature, showing it off in action. This ...

New findings suggest that Android devices may soon be able to include your SIM in a device backup, potentially making it that much easier to swap phones. Device backups currently save things such as ...

Google is working on a feature in Android 17 that could quietly remove one of the most annoying security steps on your phone. If you use a SIM PIN, you may soon not have to remember it or enter it ...

Android phones could soon be able to back up and restore SIMs —likely eSIMs — through Google One device backups. Backing up and restoring eSIM data through the cloud would simplify switching devices ...

Android may soon let users assign custom ringtones to each SIM card. The feature was spotted in an experimental build and is not yet active. Future updates could bring the feature; however, there are ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. An Android 16 QPR1 beta code review hints at upcoming wireless iPhone eSIM transfer. Google's SIM Manager includes strings ...

Physical SIM cards have long been synonymous with phone numbers. They've changed greatly from what they once used to be — giant cards you'd have to put in after removing your phone's battery – but ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...