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Huawei: Enable or Disable Smart Lock (Smart Unlock)

If your Huawei phone keeps locking every time you pick it up at home or on a walk, Smart Lock (also called Smart Unlock) might be turned off or set up wrong. The feature relies on signals like On-body detection, Trusted places or Trusted devices to decide when the screen can skip the lock screen. When one of those signals is misconfigured, your phone either stays unlocked too long or locks itself constantly for no reason.

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Enable or Disable Smart Lock auf Huawei

Smart Lock, listed as Smart Unlock on Huawei phones, keeps the device unlocked as long as it detects a trusted signal. That signal can be motion in your pocket, a known Wi-Fi network at home, or a paired Bluetooth device like your car or smartwatch. If none of these signals match, the phone falls back to the regular lock screen.

Where to find Smart Lock

Open the path below to reach the setting:

Open the settingsTap on Biometrics & passwordsTap on Smart LockType in your PINChoose between On-body detection, Trusted places or Trusted devices and follow the instructions on the display.

On-body detection keeps the phone unlocked while it senses continuous motion, so it locks again once you put it down. Trusted places uses your saved home or work address and needs location access turned on to work reliably. Trusted devices unlocks automatically while paired with a specific Bluetooth accessory, useful for a smartwatch or car system.

Turn Smart Lock off entirely if you share the phone with someone else or if you notice it staying unlocked in places it should not. For higher security in public, disable On-body detection and rely on the standard lock screen instead.

Frequently asked questions

Location accuracy can lag behind your actual position. Check that Location is set to high accuracy and that the saved address under Trusted places matches your current one.