Enhance device security with Advanced Protection
When you turn on Advanced Protection, you get the strongest security and privacy features to protect you and your device against online attacks, harmful apps, and data risks.
This feature offers several benefits:
Best-in-class protection, minimal disruption: Advanced Protection gives you the option to equip your devices with Android’s most effective security features for proactive defense, with a user-friendly and low-friction experience.
Easy activation: Advanced Protection makes security easy and accessible. You don’t need to be a security expert to benefit from enhanced security.
Defense-in-depth: Once a user turns on Advanced Protection, the system prevents accidental or malicious disablement of the individual security features under the Advanced Protection umbrella. This reflects a “defense-in-depth” strategy, where multiple security layers work together.
Seamless security integration with apps: Advanced Protection acts as a single control point that enables important security settings across many of your favorite Google apps, including Chrome, Google Message, and Phone by Google. Advanced Protection will also incorporate third-party applications that choose to integrate in the future. If you’re a developer and would like to integrate your app with Advanced Protection
Turn on Device protection
Important:
Before you turn on the Advanced Protection feature, a screen lock is required.
When you turn on Device protection, you may need to reboot your device.
Open your device’s Settings app.
To open the Advanced Protection page: Through the Settings app: Tap Security & Privacy.
Under “Other settings,” tap Advanced Protection.
Through the Google settings: Tap Google All services.
Under “Personal and device safety,” tap Advanced Protection.
Under “Advanced Protection,” turn on Device protection.
Select Turn on. On some devices, you may be prompted to “Restart or Restart later” indicating that some features require a reboot to turn on.
If you select “Restart later,” you can restart your device under the “Advanced Protection” page. Tap Restart now.
To enroll your Google Account in Advanced Protection:
Under “Advanced Protection,” tap Account protection.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Tip: If you turn off your screen lock after you turn on Advanced Protection, the program remains active. Some protections might not function optimally and a warning will display to notify you about this limitation.