What to know
- Google Home adds UWB-specific setup guidance to its existing Google Wallet home-key feature.
- Planned hands-free unlocking is already public; the added text explains that Unlock on approach is optional and tells you where to enable it.
- Google Home 4.37.27.0 contains the new instructions, including a home-key link to find the setting.
Google Home’s upcoming Wallet home keys get more explicit instructions for hands-free entry. The feature has been in the app’s code since June 27, 2026, or earlier. Our teardown of Google Home 4.37.27.0 found an addition to that existing setup flow: a UWB-specific message explaining how to turn on Unlock on approach.
Your home key points you to Unlock on approach
The existing home-key description tells you to hold your phone near the lock without opening Wallet. The added UWB-specific version keeps that instruction and introduces an optional step: turn on Unlock on approach to unlock when you’re nearby.
The message also tells you where to find the setting. Its “home key” text contains a link, giving the setup instructions a direct route to the option:
The broader plan for UWB hands-free home-key unlocking is already public. This build adds the onboarding detail: the wording presents proximity unlocking as something you choose to enable through your home key.
For hands-free entry, the added guidance makes the next step clear: open your home key and turn on Unlock on approach.
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