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.

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

Android users can help improve Google's "Find My Device" network with a simple setting change.

Android’s Find My Device network will soon be able to use Bluetooth proximity tracking to leverage billions of Android devices into locating each other. The Find My Device network is also opening up ...

It’s barely been a year since Google flipped the switch on Android's Find My Device network, but it’s already getting a rebrand and an upgrade to help you keep track of everything and everyone that ...

Well, well, well. If it isn’t another iOS-like feature coming to Android. Android already has Bluetooth tracker tracking (say that three times fast) through third-party offerings like Tile. However, ...

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 ...

It’s always an extremely scary moment when you can’t find your phone or other device. You never know if it’s simply lost or if it’s been stolen. Well, if you’re an Android User, you can rest assured.

Google's Find My Device network launch may be getting a little closer, as location-based settings choices have started popping up deep inside the settings menu. Earlier this year, Google announced the ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Item trackers for your smartphone are not a new concept, but Apple changed the game with its AirTag by making all of its devices work as a network for finding the tracker. Android finally has that ...

Google’s refreshed and more powerful Find My Device network officially debuted in April 2024. It uses crowdsourced information, such as Bluetooth and location proximity data, to help users find their ...