# Google Smart Lock

> Password manager and security key for app and website access. (iPhone/iPad app by Google.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/google-smart-lock/id1152066360 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Google](https://appshunter.io/developer/281956209)
- Category: Utilities
- Price: Free
- Rating: 2.50/5 from 614 App Store ratings · 308 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 56 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Canadian French, German (Germany) and 23 more
- Released: 2017-01-11
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/google-smart-lock/id1152066360/reviews.md

## What is Google Smart Lock?

Smart Lock allows you to use your Bluetooth security key or set up the security key built in to your phone.

## Key features

- Use phone as security key
- Use Bluetooth security key
- Password saving
- Simplified sign-in
- Secure access

## Chart rankings

- #146 in Top Free · Utilities (US App Store)

## What do users think of Google Smart Lock?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🚀 Works fine
- 🔒 Adds extra security layer
- 👍 Useful app

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes on iOS 18 update
- 🐛 Doesn't work with Yubikey
- 🐛 Doesn't work with child accounts
- 🐛 Unreliable, constant issues
- 🐛 Locked out of accounts

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes on launch
- Doesn't detect nearby devices
- Endless login loop
- Incompatible with latest iOS

**Most requested features**

- Support for NFC security keys
- Easier setup and usage
- Better compatibility with other devices

## Recent user reviews (10 of 308)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/google-smart-lock/id1152066360/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Complete waste of time

*2026-08-16, version 1.15*

Too convoluted and confusing! Cannot sync or generate code despite attempts on multiple platforms. FIX THIS NONSENSE!

### 1/5 — Abandoned

*2026-08-15, version 1.15*

Does not function on modern mobile OSes

Last update over a year ago (as of Aug 2026)

### 1/5 — Google FAIL

*2026-08-12, version 1.15*

When you try to authenticate a Gmail login, it asks you to go to the Smart Lock app to generate a code. But you’re already in Smart Lock trying to log in so you can’t generate a code. 
Option 2: scan a QR code. Except you’re on your phone trying to log in so you can’t scan that code. 
I’ve spent more than 2 hours in the past two days trying to log into my work email on my phone (that I magically lost access to. I was signed in since I got that account) because Google decided I need two factor authentication. Right now. I never turned it on and can’t log into my account in Smart Lock to turn it off.

### 1/5 — Brilliant

*2026-08-04, version 1.15*

Please use Google smart lock to log into Google smart lock

### 1/5 — Smart lock? more like dumb lock

*2026-07-28, version 1.15*

I need to install Smart Lock and generate a code to log into my google account. In order to generate a code, I need to log in to my google account. See the problem here? For a multibillion dollar company, Damn google is stupid

### 1/5 — Useless

*2026-07-16, version 1.15*

Trying to recover my account ant this app is just an infinite loop!

### 1/5 — Unusable

*2026-07-01, version 1.15*

I cannot login without using a passkey that I have never created. I click to use another method to login, and it only gives me the option to use a passkey. Tell me, how am I supposed to use a passkey that doesn’t exist? How have you just decided to lock me out of my own account even though I have all imaginable credentials to this account minus a non-existent passkey?

### 5/5 — Works fine for me

*2026-06-25, version 1.15*

Not sure if it’s just me but it works fine and I guess barely anyone uses it to rate new ratings

### 1/5 — Terrible

*2026-06-18, version 1.15*

It doesn’t work. Incredibly hard to setup and make use of it therefore not useful.

### 1/5 — absolutely not

*2026-06-16, version 1.15*

google simply does NOT need access to every bluetooth device I own.  I will NEVER use this utility.  time to switch to Tuta, or Proton, I think!

## Frequently asked questions about Google Smart Lock

### What does Google Smart Lock do?

Google Smart Lock helps you log in to websites and apps more easily and securely. It allows you to use your phone as a security key or connect a Bluetooth security key. It also remembers your passwords to simplify the sign-in process.

### How do I use my phone as a security key with Smart Lock?

You can set up the security key that is built into your phone through the Smart Lock feature. This allows you to use your device for authentication when signing into supported services, providing a convenient and secure login method.

### Is Google Smart Lock free to use?

The core functionality of Google Smart Lock, including using your phone as a security key and managing passwords, is available for free. However, as indicated by the presence of in-app purchases, there may be optional features or enhancements available for purchase.

### What kind of security does Smart Lock offer?

Smart Lock enhances your online security by offering password saving and the use of security keys, either built into your phone or via Bluetooth. This reduces reliance on easily compromised passwords and provides a more robust authentication method for your accounts.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.15 — 2025-07-31

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.14 — 2024-11-13

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.13 — 2023-05-24

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.12 — 2023-04-21

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.11 — 2023-04-12

• Bug fixes and performance improvements.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*