Google and Microsoft have agreed to incorporate kill-switch technology into their mobile operating systems in an upcoming update, according to a new report.

The New York State Attorney General this week released a review of its Secure Our Smartphone (S.O.S.) initiative, which it kicked off last year with San Francisco and London officials in order to cut down on mobile device theft.

The report tipped fewer device thefts in the wake of Apple adding its Activation Lock security tech to iOS 7. But it also revealed that Microsoft and Google will add kill-switch tech to their devices - likely before a voluntary industry deadline of July 2015.

"Microsoft confirms it will incorporate a kill switch-type theft-deterrence solution in the next release of its Windows Phone operating system, which will run on all Nokia smartphones," the report said. "Google confirms it will incorporate a kill switch-type theft-deterrence solution in its next version of the Android operating system, the most popular mobile operating system worldwide."

Microsoft confirmed that in a blog post from Fred Humphries, vice president of U.S. Government Affairs for Microsoft. "The new theft deterrent features will be offered as an update for all phones running Windows Phone 8.0 and newer, though availability is subject to mobile operator and phone manufacturer approval," he wrote. "Additional details on functionality and availability will be provided closer to the official release."

Those new features will update "Find My Phone" in Windows Phone to enable the remote deletion of personal data from the smartphone; let the device owner brick their device except for the ability to call 911; prevent re-activation without the owner's permission; and let them recover phone data if found.

Altogether, iOS, Android, and Windows Phone run on 97 percent of the country's devices, meaning that once this tech hits Android and Microsoft handsets, almost all U.S. smartphone users will be protected by the remote-wipe service.

Humphries said Microsoft "will meet these commitments before the CTIA goal of July 2015." The S.O.S. report did not provide a timeline for Google's update, though we might hear about the next version of Android at next week I/O developer conference.

Microsoft and Google both signed on to the CTIA's Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment in April, agreeing to start building the "kill switch" technology into new models, as of July 2015.

But New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said the CTIA plan didn't go far enough since it would not be in place until next year and was opt in.

"It was evident from day one that a technological solution was not only possible, but that it would serve as an effective deterrent to this growing threat," Gascón said in a statement. "This past year we successfully held the wireless industry's feet to the fire and it's already having an impact on consumers."

Since Activation Lock arrived in iOS 7, iPhone thefts fell significantly in San Francisco (38 percent) and London (24 percent), while New York numbers dropped 19 percent. Meanwhile, the volume of Samsung phone snatches grew by 12 percent in San Francisco and 3 percent in London.

But not if the S.O.S. Initiative gets its way. In the year since its inception, the group has already spurred a number of folks into action, including Minnesota, which became the first state to mandate a "kill switch" on all phones.

The California Senate also passed a bill that would do the same, though it still awaits approval from the state Assembly.

"We will continue to fight to ensure that companies put consumers' safety first and work toward ending the epidemic of smartphone theft," New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.

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