edited by: Shaurya Sharma
Last Update: December 23, 2022, 3:47 pm IST
Google’s Find My Device interface.
Google may soon offer device tracking for Android devices similar to Apple’s, without the need for an internet connection and with end-to-end encryption. Here are all the details.
Google’s Find My Device service could be extended to allow users to follow their Android or WearOS devices even when they’re offline. The current version of the service only allows users to find, lock, sign out, and wipe connected devices that are linked to the same Google Account and are online.
According to a report by SamMobile, the feature was first mentioned in the changelog of Google’s system update for December 2022, and it states, “Find My Device is now supported for Android devices using a new privacy-focused framework.” Supports encrypted last-known-location reports for ,
In its current state, Find My Device is a service that allows users to track Internet-connected Android and Wear OS devices. It allows users to remotely lock, sign out, and remove Google Accounts from their device, but these features are only available when the device is connected to the Internet; Ergo, if a device is remotely wiped, it cannot be tracked using Find My Device. Additionally, someone else can disable the setting by resetting the device.
Find My Device may soon be upgraded to allow Android and Wear OS devices to communicate with each other and make it easier to locate lost or stolen devices. And, like Samsung and Apple’s implementation – the device locating service will be end-to-end encrypted, so no one but you will be able to see your device’s location.
The report also states that Samsung’s SmartThings Find can locate Galaxy devices even when they are offline, by connecting to nearby Samsung devices via Bluetooth and notifying the user of the location. Although it is not as powerful as Apple’s system, it has more than 200 million Discover nodes to help consumers locate their devices. Apple also uses a similar implementation to track devices through the Find My app, but it’s also reportedly more secure than Samsung’s implementation.
Currently, it is unclear when users can expect Google to roll out the updated feature, but the December 2022 changelog suggests that the update may be in the final stages of its development and Google may be calling it Android 14. Can bundle with.
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