Google is working on a new mode in Android that will speed up the process of checking a smartphone when it is handed over under the trade-in program. It is reported by Android Authority.

Since Android devices must be “factory reset” before they can be exchanged, the employee who checks the smartphone needs to go through a series of settings. Having to do this for every smartphone that doesn’t have an obvious defect is time-consuming. This is the problem that the new Android mode is designed to solve.

To be more precise, this new mode is for ADB, not for Android itself. ADB, or Android Debug Bridge, is a developer tool that allows you to send commands to an Android device from a PC. For security reasons, your device will not accept ADB commands from a PC unless its keys are authorized on the device itself.

While the setup wizard is active, technicians can run “adb shell tradeinmode enter” to bypass the setup and put Android into “evaluation mode”. After that, Android will force a factory reset on the next boot. Alternatively, technicians can run the command “adb shell tradeinmode getstatus [-challenge CHALLENGE]” to get diagnostic information about the device and see if it has passed the certification.

Google is still working on this mode, so there is no release date yet. It is possible that it will appear in Android 16 next year.