Android brings back native app lock — spotted in latest Canary build

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We’ve discovered the App lock feature in the latest Android Canary release.

This comes a while after we first discovered evidence of this feature in older Android builds.

The new Android release lets you lock multiple apps at once for maximum convenience.

Google Pixel phones have lacked a native app lock solution for years now. We previously uncovered evidence of the feature via older Android Canary builds and the sixth Android 17 QPR1 beta, but it’s now present in the latest Android Canary release.

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