This just showed up in my app drawer
Signs of life for the "Find My Device" network launch?
Edit: Apparently this was covered a week ago: https://lemdro.id/post/1356956
Signs of life for the "Find My Device" network launch?
Edit: Apparently this was covered a week ago: https://lemdro.id/post/1356956
It was announced during latest android IO, they should enable the find my tile/chipolo/etc via a google play services upgrade
Or fortunately. Adoption would be very quick and degoogling takes care of the privacy aspect if you want to ensure you're not part of it.
I just hate that 90% of the stuff that's announced for the next major Android version is either part of Google Play Services (proprietary) or not part of the AOSP. Android is becoming less open source by the day. I would even argue that a pure AOSP phone isn't usable nowadays.
It actually scans for rogue Apple AirTags at this stage and alerts you when you're being tracked. Should eventually work with other providers like Tile.
It's always been there, just hidden inside of Google play services without an icon. Play Wallet is the same way, still half-installed and functional even if you don't have the app off of the play store.