Google is rolling out an update to the Find My Device app that will allow you to not only track your devices but also see the location of friends and family who share their location with you. For now a beta version is available to use. Here’s what we know about this new feature.
Find My Device for location sharing
As the name suggests, Find My Device is an app that helps you find your Android devices including smartphones, tablets, headphones, and Wear OS smartwatches even when they’re offline. To use it, make sure you have signed in to your Google account, enabled location services, and turned on the Find My Device feature. To activate this feature go to Settings, tap Google All Services. Scroll down a bit and you will find “Find my Device” and tap Find your offline devices.
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What does the latest update say?
While you could already share locations in Google Maps with friends and family, the Find My Device app now lets you find both devices and people in one place. This makes it easier to find both things and people in one place. The map also shows the locations of friends sharing from Google Maps on iOS.
The main home screen is split into “Devices” and “People” tabs as you can see in the first image above. The second one notes that the location feature is still in the beta stage which means we will soon get the stable release. You can tap the new “People” tab to see the location of contacts who share their location with you. Furthermore, you can also see who you’re sharing your location with and adjust how long you share it. Once someone accepts your invitation, you’ll see their location on the map. Tapping on their name reveals details such as address and battery life.
Still in progress
This is a useful update, but it’s still being worked on. That’s because the map currently has a white background, making it hard to tell where a person or device is located. So we are hoping Google will get this fixed soon.
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