Google may show your IMEI number on the Android lock screen – and it'll be optional

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TL;DR

We conducted a teardown of the Google Play Services app and found a toggle to display a device’s IMEI number on the lock screen.

This confirms that you can choose whether or not to display the IMEI number on your locked device.

We first discovered this functionality in January, but it wasn’t clear at the time whether it would be optional.

We first reported in December that Google could start showing an Android device’s IMEI number on the lock screen . This info would appear in the Emergency section of your lock screen. There was no word if this would be mandatory, but we now have an answer.

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