by dbadmin | Apr 7, 2025 | Android Security, Authority Insights, Find My Device, News
Credit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority An app teardown has revealed that Google could ask users for a security question before activating Remote Lock on Android phones. This should make for a more secure experience as Remote Lock currently requires your phone...
by dbadmin | Apr 2, 2025 | Authority Insights, Bluetooth trackers, Find My Device, Google, News
Ultra-wideband (UWB) trackers are capable of much more precise location-finding than their Bluetooth peers, but have limited hardware compatibility. While Samsung supports UWB through Galaxy SmartTags, Google has so far not offered anything similar on Find My Device....
by dbadmin | Mar 30, 2025 | Apple AirTag, Bluetooth trackers, Features, Find My Device, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, Tile
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Since June of last year, I’ve been on a mission to find the best Bluetooth tracker for Android — the Apple AirTag killer, if you will, that works for the Android phones that we all carry everywhere. I roamed the streets of...
by dbadmin | Mar 29, 2025 | Features, Find My Device, Google, Google Maps
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority What’s old is new again with Google, always. As part of the March Feature Drop for Android phones, Google announced that it was bringing people finding to its existing Find My Device app. Since I’d been using Google Maps...
by dbadmin | Mar 20, 2025 | Authority Insights, Find My Device, Google, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google may introduce more automatic opt-ins for its Find My Device network. Location access and device location syncing could trigger automatic enrollment. Strings also suggest that Google would send email explainers when...
by dbadmin | Mar 2, 2025 | Find My Device, News, Xiaomi, Xiaomi 15
The Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Ultra support Powered Off Finding, a feature that enables them to be located via Google’s Find My Device network even when they’re turned off. Very few smartphones support this feature, which requires reserve power to be dedicated to the...
