Android 16 Update Boosts Anti-Theft Security, Adds AI Photo Editing for All Users

• Google introduces enhanced anti-theft features with the Android 16 update, making devices harder to compromise.
• New 'failed authentication lock' increases lockout times after multiple incorrect unlock attempts, securing banking apps and personal data.
• Identity Check now secures biometric-authenticated features and apps, while remote lock offers security questions for device access.
• The update also brings Google's AI-powered editing tool, 'Ask AI', to Photos for all Android users in India and other countries.
• The Photos app receives a design overhaul with a Gemini bar, allowing text or voice prompts for AI editing, previously exclusive to Pixel 10.

Why It Matters: Android 16 significantly strengthens device security and expands AI photo editing to all users.