October 10, 2024

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The Find My Device tracking that's turned off in the Pixel 8 is also coming to other Android phones

The Find My Device tracking that's turned off in the Pixel 8 is also coming to other Android phones

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  • Google said Pixel 8-powered tracking capabilities should also come to other Android phones.
  • The company is working with other SOCs and smartphone OEMs to make this happen.
  • This feature should first reach premium Android devices before it comes to more affordable phones.

Google's upgraded Find My Device network can locate devices even when they are offline and offline. But with the Pixel 8 series, Google is going a step further and allowing users to find phones even when they are locked or the battery is dead. Google has confirmed to Robot body This capability will also come to other phones.

Google says it uses specialized hardware in the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro that turns on the Bluetooth chip inside the phones even when the battery is dead or turned off. Google is encouraging other Android phone OEMs to adopt this approach.

“We're working with other SOCs and OEMs on how to bring the ability to find devices with dead batteries to additional premium Android devices,” a Google representative told us in an email response to our inquiries.

So it looks like other Android phones will also get tracking capabilities off through the new Find My Device network once other OEMs figure out a way to keep the Bluetooth chip inside alive in off mode. What's not clear is whether this can be done on existing Android phones other than the Pixel 8 series.

like Robot body The feature will also likely require updated software that Google Play Services can use to send Finder's pre-calculated network keys to the Bluetooth chip, contributor Mishal Rahman previously explained.

Will other Pixel devices out there get this feature? Unfortunately, Google did not provide us with an answer to this question.