A few weeks ago, I received two new tracking devices from a popular brand to try out with Google’s new Android Find My Device network. I activated and synchronized both pieces – a keychain tag and a ...
If you have an Android phone or tablet, Google will email you soon - if it hasn’t already - to say your device will automatically beam its location anonymously to strangers’ compatible gadgets nearby.
Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...
Google is introducing several new features for Android with the March Pixel (Feature) Drop. These updates for Spring 2025 include two enhancements focused on user safety. The new feature allows ...
After Google announced the launch of the Find My Device network on Android last month, the first trackers are finally starting to ship to customers. The Find My Device network for Android was first ...
Android’s Find My Device app manages signed-in Android devices and will soon become the hub for tracking Android trackers, too. Users currently need to sign in to the app with their account password ...
The Find My Device network for Android was highly anticipated, but has been extremely underwhelming thus far. Google says that improvements are coming, but is also encouraging Android users to allow ...
Google's Find Hub rebrand now lives in Android Settings under Security & privacy > Device finders. The old toggle’s new name, "Allow device to be located," signals the bigger picture: it’s not just ...
I compared Apple's Find My against Google's Find My Device to see which was better at finding lost items. Lexy was a producer and on-air presenter who covered consumer tech, including the latest ...
Code within the Find My Device app suggests that Google is working on adding support for UWB tech to the network. We’ve also found code referencing AR actions, which speculatively ties in nicely with ...
Google is rolling out an update for Android's Find Hub, which introduced a new option to switch map layers for additional ...