If you have an Android phone or tablet, Google will email you soon - if it hasn’t already - to say your device will automatically beam its location anonymously to strangers’ compatible gadgets nearby.

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

In recent years, device location features from Apple, Google, and Samsung have made it easier than ever to find a missing phone. You're often able to fire up a map on your laptop or another device and ...

Android users have embraced Google’s Find My Device network, and it’s proven to be effective. As far as hardware is concerned, there are still only a handful of trackers available for Google’s FMD ...

Google’s Find My Device network is getting a new name — the Find Hub. During The Android Show, the Android 16-focused preview event ahead of Google I/O 2025 next week, we learned that Google's ...

A few weeks ago, I received two new tracking devices from a popular brand to try out with Google’s new Android Find My Device network. I activated and synchronized both pieces – a keychain tag and a ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

I compared Apple's Find My against Google's Find My Device to see which was better at finding lost items. Lexy was a producer and on-air presenter who covered consumer tech, including the latest ...

When you simply factory reset your Android phone, it remains associated with your Google account. There's a way to avoid that ...