Google upgrades Find My Device service: expand headset, tablet category, billions of Android devices to build tracking network

CTOnews.com, May 11 / PRNewswire-FirstCall-Asianet /-- Google announced an upgrade to the Find My Device platform at the I / O 2023 developer conference, following Apple's and Tile's location-tracking solutions.

Google's Sameer Samat announced that the Find My Device platform will support tracking headphones, tablets and other product categories "in the coming months."

More importantly, the Find My Device platform will form a huge network where you can use other people's devices to ping and locate your lost devices.

Some of the speeches translated by Samat by CTOnews.com are as follows:

The service is supported by a network of billions of Android devices around the world, and Tile,Chipolo and other third parties will participate in the update plan.

The location data of all these devices is encrypted and cannot be viewed by the company.