Have you ever gotten a new phone only to find out it’s locked to a specific carrier? This often happens when you purchase a subsidized phone from a carrier. The carrier locks the phone so you can’t ...

Sometimes, you want to lock your car up but don’t have anywhere to leave your keys. Perhaps you’re going to the beach, taking a run, or heading into battle, and you’d rather not carry them around. A ...

Following more frequent authentication on Android phones, Google Wallet for Wear OS might be requiring PIN code entry before allowing tap-to-pay transactions. We haven’t been able to replicate this ...

If you have an Apple or an Android phone—and you probably do—you have the option of locking your phone using a PIN code. With most of these phones, you can choose a four-digit PIN or a six-digit PIN.