Google has been developing a full-fledged competitor to Apple's Find My network for several years. This would enable accurate localization thanks to millions of devices with the system Android, which would communicate with each other. The project, for now labeled Finder Network, should be an extension of the system's existing Find My Device application Android and make it much easier to get the exact current location of lost things such as phones, headphones, watches and other devices.
Undoubtedly, one of the most important features of Apple's Find It function is the ability to determine the location of the phone even when it is turned off. In 2021, the company introduced it as part of the system iOS 15. This is another element of theft prevention because iPhone so it can be found even after turning it off or even doing a factory reset.
According to Kuba Wojciechowski, who has been dealing with news in the world for a long time, he would have a similar ability Androiduao shared his opinion via 91Mobiles, was also supposed to offer the Finder network. The APK Insight team is of the opinion that we should see it in Google Play services in the future. After starting Finder Network, devices would be registered with the system Android able to communicate via Bluetooth with others equipped with the same operating system. In the interests of security and privacy, signal processing is encrypted and anonymous.
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A new feature called Power-off Finder will transmit the signal even after the phone is turned off. This could certainly have a significant impact on the actions of many thieves and deter them from stealing, as it would mean that the device can be found even after it is switched off, and even when switched off it should allow the signal to be transmitted for much longer, as the power consumption requirements will be lower .
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With Google's Find My Device app, you can now remotely lock or wipe a lost or stolen phone with Android. With any luck, Google could also add the ability to remotely turn off the phone, which would allow the remaining battery life to be used exclusively for location and ultimate recovery needs.
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Wojciechowski claims that the feature is being referred to as the Pixel Power-off Finder, suggesting that it could initially be exclusive to Google-made phones. This might make sense in the short term, given the necessary Bluetooth adjustments that will need to be made to support this new mode. In the long term, however, there is no reason to believe that this feature should be kept exclusively for Pixel phones, if other device manufacturers with Androidem.
Personally, as a long-time user Apple products, I have had positive experiences with the Find function. I use it quite often in the case of the AirTag that I have in my car and it has helped me find my way around shopping centers many times when I couldn't remember where I actually parked it this time. I dealt with a similar situation when my iPhone it remained in the phone holder attached to the car's air vents. Using the Find function, I could easily see where I left my phone. Users Androidu certainly deserves the same comfort that it currently offers in this regard Apple.
