Google’s expanded Find My Device network might arrive in a few days

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The motorboat of Google’s long-awaited Find My Device web is seemingly astir here. In an email spotted by 9to5Google, Google tells users it volition crook connected the diagnostic successful 3 days, which uses information from millions of different Android devices to find the determination of missing phones and accessories — akin to the tracking tech used by Apple and Tile.

The email says users tin usage the web to “find immoderate compatible Fast Pair accessories erstwhile they’re disconnected from your device” oregon offline, including earbuds, headphones, and trackers, 9to5Google reports. It adds that users volition person a notification connected their instrumentality erstwhile the diagnostic is enabled and that users tin opt retired of the web done Find My Device connected the web.

Google archetypal announced the enlargement of its existing Find My Device web astatine I/O successful 2023. However, Google delayed the network’s launch due to the fact that it was waiting connected Apple to rotation retired chartless tracker alerts for each tracking devices, not conscionable AirTags.

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But with Apple poised to follow the wider anti-stalking specification successful iOS 17.5, the motorboat of Google’s Find My Device web seems imminent. Some Android users are already starting to see a caller “Find your offline devices” mounting successful the latest Google Play Services beta, truthful it mightiness not beryllium overmuch longer until we spot an authoritative rollout.