Although Google has long allowed us to find our device with the Find my device option, from which you can find your mobile, delete data, block it or even make it ring until it is silenced to be able to better locate it if it is near you, now it has improved considerably.

This is so because in order to locate it you need an Internet connection, and for example if someone steals it from you and removes this connection it will not be so easy for you to find it .

Last year it was rumored that they were working on this same function, but based on Bluetooth , so as not to depend on the Internet connection.

The new way to search for your mobile is ready

The new version to locate lost mobiles based on Bluetooth would be this and it would be ready, as we can see in a tweet from Mishaal Rahman in which it is indicated in the news of Google Play Services . These ensure that this feature now supports encrypted last known location reporting for Android devices using a new privacy-focused framework.

This refers to a way to find a device using a nearby mobile network , just like Apple or even Samsung does. Nearby iPhones help others locate them even without an Internet connection with Apple AirTag. Samsung did something similar with its Galaxy SmartTag for its mobiles, since Android did not have anything similar to Apple at that time. Google’s Find My Device network would be Android’s equivalent to Apple’s Find My network.

Now the company has decided to take advantage of the large number of mobiles that exist with this operating system to locate others, and it is possible that very soon we will be able to use it to find our mobiles more easily if we lose them, steal them or have forgotten where they are. .

eye! This novelty will allow us to find our devices based on other mobiles of the operating system that sign up, not all. In this way you can choose if your mobile will help locate other devices, although we will have to see if Google recommends activating it or how it encourages us in this regard. It is necessary that as many people as possible sign up for it to be a practical utility.

Waiting for Google to confirm all the data

For now, we do not know more details about this new functionality beyond this small description seen in the news from Google, so we will have to wait for them to confirm it and see first-hand its exact operation.

In any case, everything indicates that the way to find your lost mobile phone will be much easier from now on and alternatives to Apple AirTags will also gain market share. Since it is already prepared, it will not take long until it finally reaches Android mobiles. How about?