Android's Smart Lock feature is spectacular -- that is, when it actually works. Dev-channel gets updates every 2-3 days, while canary can get an update daily. So, yeah: Smart Lock makes an awful lot of sense -- from both the perspective of an individual consumer and that of a company that wants to minimize the hassle of proper security for its users. What's the point of this feature, if it doesn't work? Setting it up is pretty easy and it can save you some time, especially if you have your phone setup as a Trusted Agent. My Asus C213 on Dev channel has the new Better Together system which works after some fiddling so will wait for that. Like, it's actually difficult to have something wake up and either start or stop working purely randomly like this. So, before you set up Smart Lock, you will first have to pair your Android device to your Chromebook over Bluetooth.
Click the icon to log in without typing your password. Click Set up under the Smart Lock section, and follow the on-screen instructions. The Smart Lock password function is activated by default, so Google should automatically prompt you to save, generate, or fill passwords as appropriate during your browser- and app-using adventures. Let us know in the discussion thread below. This will likely change the text you see on the screen from a specific street address which you probably typed in at some point to a set of latitude and longitude coordinates. I sure as hell can't explain why this feature is broken in that weird-seeming way, but I can tell you it's spectacular to have it working again.
If you have other Chromebooks using the same Google account, you can unlock them too with Smart Lock, as the settings are synced. After you set this up once, your phone can be used to unlock any Chromebook you want to sign in on. Figure B Time to find the phone. You can sign in to or unlock your Chromebook when your Android phone is nearby using Smart Lock for Chromebook. Sound off in the comments section below. It could be just one of those inconsistencies that pops up with a new feature, so your experience may differ.
This feature is potentially useful, although the requirement that you have to both unlock your phone and click a button means it can be slower than you might expect. The feature, called Smart Lock, uses Bluetooth to connect a Chromebook with any phone running Android 5. Only Android phones will work with this, not Android tablets. Click All apps to get a view of everything you have available. You'll also see a notification if you have an Android Wear smartwatch.
You'll obviously want to be selective about what places you choose, but configuring this to recognize somewhere like your home can be a helpful way to avoid authentication where it's generally not needed. Google is working hard to. If you give it a whirl yourself let us know what you make of it in the comments. A new pop-up window will appear. The new Smartlock Beta feature can be found in the settings menu. Google just keeps on giving Android users more reasons to.
I even did a powerwash on the Pixelbook, but still no go. And : When you see the green open-lock icon prompting you to click your photo on your Chromebook's sign-in screen, just hit Enter. But if Smart Lock Trusted Places is flaky for you, it's worth giving a whirl. Click Done, and you're ready to enjoy password-free Chromebook entry—as long as your smartphone is within Bluetooth range. That's what Google assumed when they created Smart Lock. Smart Lock was working, and now it won't.
Your phone will also get a push message to alert you to this pairing. I mentioned my disappointment with Google's ineffective fix on social media, and. At least, it did for all three phones I've been testing in my house, all of which have experienced flawless Trusted Places functionality more or less since the moment I made this change. A window will open with on-screen prompts that walk you though the rest of the setup process fully. Input your password and continue. The pairing will be done via Bluetooth. Once entered, the Smart Lock setup should start up.
I've only found about apps that lock your phone when in diferent enviroments or when connected to trusted devices, but don't know i it will work with a Chromebook's smart Lock feature. You can also try unpairing them and pairing them again to fix any problems. This means you will be able to log in just by clicking your user pod and unlocking your phone — no need to enter a password. I go through the steps to set it up, it says it's ready, and then it doesn't work. What is Google Smart Lock? All of this means the Chromebooks of 2017 are nothing like that original experience.
If the phone listed under Select a device is not the one you wish to use, click the drop down menu. Next page: Printing, helpful controls, customizing your system, and more. If you run into any issues, head to the for support, where you may be able to have a Hangouts chat with a. At the moment, this is still a new feature and some people have reported problems. Once you set a location by physically moving the red pin on the map instead, things seem to go back to normal.