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Richard Priday

Android 14 makes entering your PIN easier and more secure — here's how

A Google Pixel 7a showing the PIN unlock screen

Android 14 brings new options for entering your PIN among its many upgrades. You'll still be typing in your digits as usual, but you can now enable iPhone-style automatic confirmation — or hide your button presses to make it easier for you to enter your password, but harder for any suspicious characters to try and figure out your PIN.

This may differ on other flavors of Android, but for Google Pixel owners, this is definitely the method you'll need to use if you install the Android 14 beta or get the stable version later in 2023. The only issue is that the auto-confirm option is limited to users with longer PINs, so be prepared to choose a new PIN if you want to try both of the options in this how-to.

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