Google with the ability to find switched off phones

The use of the "Find My Device" service is currently only possible if the Android phone is turned on and has a connection to the World Wide Web. But soon it will be different.

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Google will start using an upgraded Find My Device network in the US and Canada, the company announced on Monday. The network will soon be available to Android users worldwide. Find My Device's crowdsourced network of over a billion Android devices can help users find lost Android devices and everyday items. The Find My Device network, which is similar to Apple's Find My network, works with devices running Android 9+.
With the Find My Device network, users will be able to locate their Android phones and tablets, even when they are offline, by calling them or viewing their location on a map. Google's previous Find My Device service required lost phones to be connected to the Internet in order to be found.

Uporabniki sistema Android bodo lahko od maja naprej poiskali vsakdanje predmete, kot so ključi ali denarnica. Google je v aplikacijo Poišči mojo napravo vključil sledilne oznake Bluetooth podjetij Chipolo in Pebblebee. Te oznake bodo izdelane posebej za omrežje Find My Device in bodo “združljive z opozorili o neznanih sledilnih napravah v operacijskih sistemih Android in iOS, da bi uporabnike zaščitili pred nezaželenim sledenjem”, pravi Google. Uporabniki lahko še letos pričakujejo združljive oznake podjetij Motorola, Jio in Eufy. Apple in Google sta lani napovedala, da bosta sodelovala pri vodenju pobude na ravni industrije za opozarjanje uporabnikov v primeru neželenega sledenja iz naprav Bluetooth.

The new Find My Device network also connects to Nest smart home gadgets and shows the proximity of a lost device to Nest home devices.

“Iskanje moje naprave je privzeto varno in po zasnovi zasebno,” je v zapisu na blogu zapisal Googlov podpredsednik inženiringa Erik Kay. “Večplastna zaščita, vgrajena v omrežje Find My Device, pomaga ohranjati vašo varnost in zasebnost vaših osebnih podatkov, hkrati pa vam omogoča nadzor nad napravami, povezanimi v omrežje Find My Device. To vključuje šifriranje podatkov o lokaciji od konca do konca ter zbirno poročanje o lokaciji naprave, prvo varnostno funkcijo te vrste, ki zagotavlja dodatno zaščito pred nezaželenim sledenjem do doma ali zasebne lokacije.”

Google says the Find My Device network will soon work with headphones from JBL, Sony and others.