Google killed a handy safety feature without ever notifying Android users
Sep28
Google has silently disabled support for NFC Smart Unlock – the feature that allowed users to unlock their Android handsets with an NFC-powered physical token or a card. The disturbing part is that the internet giant never even bothered to alert users about its removal. The decision was confirmed by a Google employee in an NFC Smart Lock bug report filed on the company’s Issue Tracker. The employee in question said that the “feature has been deprecated for new users,” clarifying that “the option will be hidden” for anybody who isn’t already an existing NFC user. (Please note that the bug…
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