Google has announced that its upcoming mobile operating system, Android L, will encrypt data by default for the first time. This move will help reduce the risk of users’ phones being hacked as well as police being able t access users’ data.

According to Google the move is largely an effort to reduce government snooping in light of NSA leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Android L is set to be released in October.

“For over three years Android has offered encryption, and keys are not stored off of the device, so they cannot be shared with law enforcement,” said a Google spokesperson. “As part of our next Android release, encryption will be enabled by default out of the box, so you won’t even have to think about turning it on.”

Apple is also making efforts to increase data safety in its mobile operating system iOS. This news comes after a number of female celebrities iCloud accounts were hacked a nude photos of them leaked at the beginning of September.

Both Apple and Google have said that even if government officials approach them wanting user data, they won’t have access to passwords in order to access the data. Google says that passwords will not be stored online or anywhere else on the phone.

While Android L will be featuring improved encryption tools, this does not mean that other versions of Android did not provide users with the ability to encrypt data. Data encryption has been an option on Android for a while, however it was not set up by default.

The issue of data security has become more and more important for Google, who has even gone as far as to add a new section in its Transparency Report that details how emails are encrypted in Gmail.