If with the iPhone or Apple Watch you can unlock your Apple computer remotely, with Android the same thing happens. Doing a search for the different applications that coexist in the extensive Google Play catalog we find Droid ID. Thanks to this app and fingerprint reader of your smartphone Android you will be able to unlock the Mac without having to go through the keyboard.
We showed you a few weeks ago the best way to unlock your Mac through the iPhone. The app that we recommended to you at that time is called Close Lock, an app that you must install on both your Apple mobile and your Mac. However, we also know that the green android platform is one of the most popular among the public. So If you work with the «Mac + Android» tandem, this application may interest you.
Droid ID is a free application for both the computer and the smartphone with the Google operating system. You must download both versions for the invention to work; On the contrary, you will not be able to unlock the computer. Yes, the minimum requirements of both systems are as follows:
- Mac running version macOS 10.12 or later
- Smartphone running version Android 5.0 or later
Once you download both versions, you must place the Mac app in "Applications". After this, when opening the app on the smart phone You will be prompted with a code that you must enter in the Mac application. This will serve to link both teams. Likewise, you will have to enter your Mac's unlock password so that once you place your finger on the fingerprint reader, you can start working with your computer.
Now, as limitations you have to Droid ID does not work if we put the Mac to sleep through the menu bar; This application will only work if it goes to sleep and automatically locks the system.
More info and download: Droid-ID