What you need to know
- Google would have deployed its advanced protection safety functionality for Android Testers 16 QPR1 Beta 1 registered.
- The functionality brings the total package of the safety of devices by allowing navigation guarantees, application protections, USB transfer road dams, etc.
- Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 arrived for pixels during the 2025 E / S, while Google is preparing its official deployment, probably in June.
Google was spotted by unfolding a major safety feature for registered pixel testers running Android 16.
The functionality in question would be the advanced protection of Google, and Android authority declares that it offers a wide range of safeguard measures. After receiving a tip on this subject, the post indicates that the functionality is deployed for Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1. appearing in the settings, Google says that advanced protection “helps to defend itself against online attacks, harmful applications, unsafe connections and other threats”.
The initial home page breaks down things into two options: a switch to advanced protection and “account protection” for your Google account. However, the company has included a button “Device protection features”, which discloses everything that offers advanced protection.
The publication discovered that the safety functionality protects users in six different ways. The first, the security of the device, provides your phone if it is removed and “blocks USB transfers”. For applications, the functionality “will prevent” the applications to harm / corrupt the memory of your phone for malicious purposes. In addition, advanced protection will automatically require Chrome to establish website connections only if HTTPS is activated.
The roaming with the data becomes a little safer because the functionality blocks 2G connections, leaving only enough space for emergency calls. In addition, it will prevent your device from connecting automatically to Wi-Fi if it is not secure.
Safety in mind
As the publication notes, these features exist on Android for a while, so Google does not bring any surprises. The main difference is that advanced protection would have turned on all the options when switched on and deletes the possibility of modifying these protections.
Google’s advanced protection program was initially launched to give users who run a high risk of data theft a certain peace of mind. The program saw an expansion last year when Google incorporated Passkeys into the mixture. The company then announced a simplified registration process for “high -risk” users in June 2024. This update gave high risk users the choice of Passkeys or a physical safety key to protect their data with improved tenacity.
Regarding Android 16, a functionality was spotted in May called “intrusion detection” which could take advantage of the defenses of advanced protection. The discovery has shown that Google is working on a way so that your device saves key information on you / your device if you are activated. The goal is that users can look back and see if there has been a suspicious activity in their navigation history, Bluetooth connections, etc.
Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 has just deployed for pixel testers 10 days ago on May 20. The update, just like the 2025 E / S ended, brought the brand new design language: the expressive material 3.
