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Identity Check on Android tipped to simplify its verification if your watch is close

This little update seems to finally let those alternative credentials shine a little.

Identity Check is an Android feature that helps ensure the items on your phone remain safe, and it seems Google's working on a way to make that experience seamless. Looking into any Security & Privacy changes unearthed a notification within those settings that might've teased Google's work to pair Identity Check with the Pixel Watch. You may like Currently, as Rahman states, it seems this smartwatch integration will let users decide to use their PIN, pattern, or password, removing the necessity of using a Biometric method (fingerprint, face).

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