Apple Said to be Testing Android-like Gesture Locks: Why You May Want to Keep Using a PIN

9to5Mac reports that:

Apple testing Android-like gesture-based lock screen for iOS

Apple currently provides a PIN numeric lock for the iPhone and iPad. Android phones have the PIN option plus an option to use a finger gesture over a 4 by 4 matrix of dots to secure a phone. Apple will probably have to offer this option just to give potential customers a checkbox to check off when comparing iOS devices to Android devices. However, I hope that most people will decide not to use this feature.

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