The novelty had already been in the air for some time and today it is even closer to all devices Android. Soon indeed Find my device will be able to notify an alert in the event that the smartphone detects a device tracker unknown.
The warning will start if the latter should move together with the users. This novelty had already been announced at Google I / O 2023, more precisely during the opening keynote.
Some screenshots of the feature have popped up which at the moment, however, has not yet been made official.
Find My Device warns Android users that no one will be able to covertly track them
This new option will be offered by the Google service better known as Find my device, a solution capable of locating Android devices associated with an account.
The possibilities of the service are about to increase with the anti-tracking feature that is fast approaching. The goal is to compete with the app “Where” Of Applecurrently the leader according to many industry experts.
This could therefore be the right time for Android: Google’s operating system will provide great news, eliminating any fear of being secretly tracked.
It is actually very simple today to place a tracker device in a vehicle or perhaps inside a backpack to follow the movements of a person. To avoid such an eventuality, Google has chosen to partner with Apple.
The images clearly show that you need to keep i geolocation services and the bluetooth to receive unwanted tracking alerts. The second screenshot shows the moment a device is detected AirTagwhile in the following image here are two devices, one of which is unknown.
At the moment the feature hasn’t officially arrived yet, but it should already be present within Google Play Services. According to reports, the official arrival should be expected by the end of the summer, perhaps with Android 14.