Google could block the phones of those who don’t pay their fees

An application published by Google in the Play Store betrays the American giant’s intention to offer credit sellers a solution to punish bad payers.

Solutions for the installment purchase of smartphones via digital financial products have multiplied exponentially in recent times. Along with resellers, new phone manufacturers are also offering their own financing solutions.

Apple, for example, funds the installment purchase of new iPhones in the United States and does not charge interest or fees for the Apple Card.

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For all those who sell credit for the purchase of phones, Google seems to have a solution in case of bad payers, simply blocking the purchased phone, when the customer does not pay the installments.

The American giant recently released an application called “Device Lock Controller” in the Play Store, which, in its name and description, seems to facilitate just that: the remote locking of the smartphone by creditors, regardless of whether they are operators, banks or other institutions.

The application uses the DeviceAdminService API, the same API that Google provides to companies and through which they can configure and control which facilities are available or not on the service devices offered to employees.

Blocking the phone, even in the event of a delay with a certain number of installments, seems a drastic solution to punish bad payers, given that the smartphone is no longer a simple fad, but an indispensable accessory for many.