Google's Find My Device Network is LIVE and Here's What You Need to Know!

[@violetskydiver7684]

"Find my device is available around the world"......The world: US and Canada

[@iAfroTech]

😂. Living in France, i really think Pixel should be renamed Pixel ( for North Americans). Google do this almost every time.

[@aussiegruber86]

Yeah Americans don’t realise that other places exist in the world.

[@fattony9227]

World Series anyone?!

[@GiovanniBerthoBriand]

@@iAfroTech C'est disponible en France.

[@iAfroTech]

@@GiovanniBerthoBriand ça marche. Mon point est de dire que régulièrement les features Pixel liées aux langages sortent aux USA, sans calendrier officiel et transparent sur une disponibilité hors USA. Donc quand on te vend 7 ans de mAj et de fonctionnalités, dans les faits, c'est mensonger. Un Pixel a plein d'atouts mais Google n'est pas transparent. Le Pixel est d'abord pour les américains

[@benliberti]

I like the fact that the Pebblebee trackers are rechargeable.

[@mackmccord3743]

Exactly. Ordered one today. Sadly my house keys were thrown out of my jacket pocket while riding my Zooz 1200 yesterday and those set of keys are very important to me. When this device arrives it will definitely help me out in the future if something like this happens again. The fact that it shows led lights while searching for it are cool as well.

[@cooliipie]

How is this better than the Samsung one??

[@mackmccord3743]

@@cooliipie because you don't need a samsung device to use it. That's the best part. It's also rechargeable. It has an LED light that you can flash from the app.

[@ScottLive1]

Funny, I like a one-year replaceable battery rechargeables don't last forever. And they degrade over time

[@hometechUK]

​@@cooliipieThis is better than Samsung one as it works with Every Android phone, where as Samsung's only works with Samsung devices.

[@TheDvdAllen]

Sounds like Googles now letting customers do what they've been doing for years, tracking peoples devices even when off lol

[@5abiXtasy]

Ahhh, you’re one of those folks. Smh.

[@mokisan]

By one of those folks, if you mean one who cares about digital privacy which shall be a human right. Then yes i guess he is ome of those folks and so am i. ​@@5abiXtasy

[@scaryifliteral]

You absolutely have a right to your digital privacy. You can obtain it by not using these products lol.

[@TheDvdAllen]

@@scaryifliteral You're right, I respect it. I just don't like to forget the importance of remembering as cool as this tech is a lot of it can be pretty invasive, often in ways we don't get to see because the utility is so shiny.

[@5abiXtasy]

@@scaryifliteral absolutely right. People fail to understand that once you are on the internet itself, you have already left a digital footprint to be tracked not only by organizations but threat actors as well.

[@nicalicious3002]

Everybody just kind of glosses over the safety/security if this concept. The ability to track anyone has just become cheap and easy.

[@scaryifliteral]

Lots of people do, but you might be interested to know that a big reason this took Google so long to roll out is that they wanted Apple to play ball too so that if one of their trackers is traveling with an iPhone user they'll be warned. This helps keep people safe.

[@simonthewatchguy6073]

Android / Google really are going from strength to strength. If they really polish up the Find My Device network, and continue releasing phones like the pixel, I really hope this kind of thing will start to "crush" Apple's monopoly. Having Find My on Android is huge, because Android is more popular worldwide. This is great!

[@ruben79nyc]

I wonder if Google will make it's own version of air tags.

[@scaryifliteral]

It's been rumored. Minimum, you'll have several third parties doing exactly that.

[@ruben79nyc]

@@scaryifliteral Nice.

[@hometechUK]

Hopefully as I would want one with UWB for more accurate location finding.

[@thebigtragedy]

if they do , they should call it the G-spot😂... oh wait that's hard to find😂

[@dameanvil]

Big boy! You can read most of the words!

[@scaryifliteral]

Are you really trying to talk down to me when you seriously liked your own comment to make it look like somebody else agreed with you? GTFO here 😂

[@dameanvil]

@@scaryifliteral QED

[@Gelo202]

finally after 50 year of apple having it...Google has come up with it.... 50 years later Google has decided to do it😂

[@scaryifliteral]

Google has had device tracking since like 2017, this is a revamp of the service.

[@Gelo202]

@@scaryifliteral That was a sarcastic comment 🤣

[@FoxyDrew]

An Android phone with Google Play Services* Any Android device without Google Services will not contribute to the find my device network.

[@ChadH2023]

Any chance you can do a comparison video between this and the Find app on Samsung phones?

[@polepino]

FINALLY. I pre-ordered the Android specific Chipolo Point in MARCH of 2023! Partly because I had just gone through a spate of dropping my keys in an uber and my friends house and having some wallet scares. I was coming up on a year and was almost about to ask for a refund lol

[@benl2036]

Is there any information or document explaining how the network operates? I'd like to know what happens within the software

[@Ogura_Tech]

Amazing feature

[@sba_14]

Tell the guys @google should add security lock to the Find My Device app

[@Soundwave857]

the last time i checked my pixel buds only ping the location if they where actually connected to my phone like for audio. If the case is closed they are off and dont ping anything. for now ill keep my cheap iphone and hand full of airtags untill android manufacturer actually implement this like apple

[@Sidicas]

The more I hear about this, the more excited I get for it. Already preordered my Pebblebee cards! Going to hide one in my dash and the other going in my luggage!

[@cedricbrownnn]

the sony wh1000xm5,xm4 beats studio pro and solo 4's work with the google fast pair and the bose qc 45 and ultra

[@edc4642]

Question I thought about... Do you have to be logged to the app to participate, because if you are logged in and lose a device they now know where you live because that's where all your other devices are.

[@scaryifliteral]

By default, the app requires authentication every time you open it. So you'd have to lose a phone that you have no required authentication on that you either manually disabled the app's authentication or they have your Google password. I'd say at that point, that's on you lol.

[@edc4642]

@@scaryifliteral Yes I get that, I'm a security freak and even applock stocard. I have had many issues lately with FB and strikes for things I didn't do. Reset all passwords and log out everything. Thanks.

[@PopCapMusicTrending]

Does the accessory need a specific chip, or may it be used using Bluetooth alone?

[@AndrewTSq]

Uh, I remember watching a interview with some person who had worked at a agency, who claimed they could find any phone even if it was turned off, and I thought it was BS.. now Google claim this even works if the phones battery is dead (regarding Pixel 8)...and I was like.. WHAT.. . This is more of a "find any person on earth" than find my device in my view :)

[@scaryifliteral]

People have been using burner phones for decades for a reason lol. This doesn't change much imo.

[@richardroy6747]

I have an old S5 phone with Android 6 and the app. is working...

[@RadioRich100]

Sounds like a sneaky way of stealing your data and tracking you. No need for this nonsense just dont lose your device. Besides what happens if you lose you phone?

[@scaryifliteral]

I've got bad news about your location data

[@iTuber012]

NSA is laughing that folks voluntarily use this service. Real time tracking of nearly every human on earth... Whether you opt in or not as everyone else is signed up

[@scaryifliteral]

Do you think the NSA was waiting on this to start tracking us?

[@karthiknarayanan3705]

The only laughable thing here is that people think NSA need this service to track them lol!😂

[@kyle22686]

NSA doesn't need this or your permission to track you, your phone is already doing that

[@aussiegruber86]

lol that’s been happening since the beginning lol,

[@bobsemple9341]

Yeah you don't understand anything. Why speak when you don't understand anything tech related? Not smart

[@nohopeequalsnofear3242]

How do I opt out of network?

[@bobsemple9341]

Hopefully you won't

[@mokisan]

The offline thing is a privacy nightmare. I dont get it, how people can forego such basic rights with these stuff. Plus offline devices? Wtf

[@megamegaO]

You DO know that even If your device is off its STILL able to be tracked right? Nothing new.

[@andresot]

@@megamegaO The earlier born among us still remember using phones with removable batteries. Back then there were paid phone lines that didn't let you end the call. What you did was tear your battery off as quickly as you could. Fun times. It might sound strange, but some people still want control over their devices and privacy.

[@megamegaO]

@@andresot bro I'm in my 30s I know what you're talking about. But even STILL you were being tracked. If your sim is active and in a devices regardless if it's powered off and battery taken out. You're still tracked

[@cooliipie]

Accompanied with eSim 😂

[@bobsemple9341]

Because we understand things far better then you. You've an issue because you aren't smart enough to understand