by dbadmin | Sep 16, 2024 | Bluetooth trackers, Find My Device, Google, News, UWB
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Strings of code offer more info on UWB tracking and AR support for Find My Device. The code appears to reference how the app would direct a user to their lost item. The features are not live yet. A few months ago, we told...
by dbadmin | Jul 12, 2024 | Google Pixel Watch, Google Wear OS, News, UWB
Code within the Wear OS 5 Developer Preview suggests that the upcoming update will add support for toggling UWB on supported smartwatches. UWB support was initially added in Android 12, whereas Wear OS 5 will be based on Android 14. The reason UWB support is being...
by dbadmin | Jun 26, 2024 | Bluetooth trackers, Features, Motorola, UWB
Rivals have been trying to outdo the AirTag since Apple introduced its Bluetooth tracker in 2021. In those three years, Samsung has gone through two generations of Galaxy SmartTags, Chipolo and Pebblebee have relaunched their lineups to support Google’s updated Find...
by dbadmin | Jun 8, 2024 | Bluetooth trackers, Features, UWB
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Opinion post byRita El Khoury It’s been nearly four years since Samsung shipped the first Android phone with an ultra-wideband chip — or UWB for short. Since then, Samsung has included UWB in eight other phone series,...
by dbadmin | Jun 6, 2024 | AR, Find My Device, News, UWB
Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Code within the Find My Device app suggests that Google is working on adding support for UWB tech to the network. We’ve also found code referencing AR actions, which speculatively ties in nicely with the precision finding...
by dbadmin | Oct 13, 2023 | Google, Google Pixel Watch 2, News, smartwatches, UWB, Wearables
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority