Samsung he announced, that its SmartThings Find service has seen rapid growth and currently consists of more than 200 million search nodes that help users find their lost devices. Finder nodes are devices that have been registered with SmartThings Find to help other Samsung users Galaxy find lost devices.
As a fast-growing location service, SmartThings Find enables Samsung users Galaxy quickly find registered devices - from smartphones, tablets, watches and headphones to personal items such as keys or wallets that have a smart tag attached to them Galaxy SmartTag or SmartTag+.
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The service uses Bluetooth Low Energy and UWB (Ultra-wideband) wireless technologies to locate your item. If the device is out of range of your phone, other Samsung users Galaxy nearby who have signed up for SmartThings Find can help you find them. If you grant the service permission, it can also alert users that they've forgotten their devices.
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Ensuring the security of sensitive information such as location data is a top priority for Samsung. The service encrypts user data and protects it with the Samsung Knox security platform. Device location data is shared with other people only with the user's permission, and each user's device ID changes every 15 minutes and is stored anonymously. SmartThings also helps users identify unknown SmartTags that have been tracking them for a period of time.
