Using Trusted Places to Unlock Your Phone
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Once you have added a trusted place, you can choose for your phone to remain unlocked as long as you are within 80m of that location. You must have already set up a PIN, password or pattern to be able to use Trusted Places
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Swipe down from the top of the screen
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Tap the Settings icon
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Tap Lock Screen
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Tap Smart Lock
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Enter your PIN, pattern or password and then tap Next
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Tap Understood
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Tap Trusted Places
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To set a saved location as a trusted place, tap on it. Your home and work locations will be determined by your settings in Google Maps
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Tap Turn On This Location
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Tap OK
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To add a new location, tap Add Trusted Place
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If you would like to add your current location as a trusted place, tap Select This Location
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Tap Select
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Enter a name for the trusted place and then tap OK
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Your phone will remain unlocked as long as you are within 80m of that location
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To manually lock the phone, press the Bixby/Lock Key
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Press the Bixby/Lock Key again
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Tap the Lock icon
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To unlock the phone, press the Bixby/Lock Key
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Swipe the screen upwards
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Enter your PIN, pattern or password and then tap OK