Google’s long awaited Find My Device network is finally rolling out, so you’ll be able to track your devices, even when they’re offline.
Still, it should be worth the wait, as this looks to be a powerful upgrade to the company’s pre-existing Find My Device functionality.
Now though, with the company’s new Find My Device network, you can track offline devices too; as the network can leverage over a billion Android devices worldwide to locate any lost devices that are within Bluetooth proximity.
The Pixel difference Better yet, if you’re looking for a Google Pixel 8 or a Pixel 8 Pro, thanks to ‘specialized Pixel hardware’ you’ll be able to find your phone even if it’s shut down or the battery is dead.
Presumably, this feature will come to the Google Pixel 9 and other future Pixel phones too, and we wouldn’t be surprised if other brands also get in on the action, but for now it’s a Pixel 8-exclusive perk.
The new Find My Device network also works with Bluetooth tags from Chipolo and Pebblebee, while support for tags from additional brands are set to be added later this year.
Said unknown tracker feature finally lands with iOS 17.5, which is currently in beta, leaving Google once again free to launch its upgraded Find My Device network.
As with such a powerful-sounding Find My Device feature now available, it would make sense for Google to introduce its own Bluetooth tracker – a device we’ve already heard rumor of.
You can now track your devices even when they are offline thanks to Google’s much anticipated Find My Device network, which is finally going live.
You may have to wait a few more days if you live somewhere else because this is a global rollout that began in the US and Canada, according to a Google blog post. Nevertheless, given that this appears to be a significant improvement over the business’s previous Find My Device functionality, it should be worth the wait.
Previously, you could track your phone using Find My Device only if it was online; however, if it was offline (i.e. E. In the absence of a network connection, you would be stuck. However, you can now track offline devices as well thanks to the company’s new Find My Device network, which uses the billions of Android devices in the globe to find any misplaced devices that are close to Bluetooth.
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Even better, if you’re looking for a Google Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro, you can still locate your phone even if the battery runs out or it is turned off because of “specialized Pixel hardware.”.
This feature is currently a Pixel 8-only perk, but it should eventually be available on the Google Pixel 9 and other future Pixel phones as well. We wouldn’t be shocked if other brands adopted it as well.
Chipolo and Pebblebee Bluetooth tags are also compatible with the new Find My Device network; later this year, support for tags from other brands will be added. You can thus track items that lack their own Bluetooth signal, such as your wallet, keys, or anything else you attach one of these tags to.
You will also receive alerts about unknown trackers if you seem to be being followed by a Bluetooth tag that you haven’t registered, similar to the issues surrounding Apple’s “Find My” network. Google’s Find My Device network was designed with security and privacy in mind.
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The network isn’t limited to tracking far-off objects, either. In addition, if you have any Nest devices in your home, you can see the proximity of any lost item to them by using the ‘Find nearby’ button, which helps you locate nearby items precisely.
To help you all track down and find a lost device, you can also choose to share a device’s tracking information with friends or family. However, everything is kept private and secure unless you choose to share, including features like aggregated device location reporting and end-to-end encryption of location data.
All of these features have been long awaited. In order to allow Apple to fully implement unknown tracker alerts—which would have prevented anyone from using the Find My Device network to track iPhone users without their knowledge—Google postponed the launch of its new network, which was originally scheduled to begin in the middle of 2023. With iOS 17.5, which is presently in beta, the long-awaited unknown tracker feature finally makes its debut, giving Google the freedom to relaunch its enhanced Find My Device network.
The main concern right now is whether or when Google AirTags, or the company’s competitor to the Apple AirTag, will be released. Given the robust functionality of the recently released Find My Device feature, it would seem reasonable for Google to launch its own Bluetooth tracker, of which there have already been rumors.
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