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.

The power of data.

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 may introduce more automatic enrollments for its Find My Device network. Location access and device location syncing could trigger automatic enrollment. Strings also suggest that Google would ...

Google announced that it is rolling out a fully revamped version of the Android Find My Device app. For many years, Android's lost device location features were relatively lackluster, but devices will ...

The Find Hub network is a revolutionary way of searching for the whereabouts of devices and personal items with the Android application, which is pioneered by Google as a way of employing 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 ...

Google’s Find My Device network has been slow to come to all Android devices, but if you buy a supported tracker, it will be activated during the initial setup phase on your device. My colleague Ben ...

I tested trackers from Motorola, Pebblebee, and Chipolo to find out what’s changed in the 12 months since launch. I tested trackers from Motorola, Pebblebee, and Chipolo to find out what’s changed ...