Find My Device Trackers on Android are Coming!
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- In this clip, Marques, Andrew, and David talk about the update that came to the Find My Android network.
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Non tech savvy people will create so many myths when they learn about "find your device even when the phone is dead" feature
True, NSA, CIA and DHS can already do that since 1992.
The comment above me is a very good example. Thank you for your support @nevemartins.
@@nevemartinsnope. that is made up
Being able to find your phone even when the battery is dead is such a handy feature
@@nevemartins
How have they not already had this? There are over 3 BILLION android phones out there and probably millions of kiosk tablets at offices and restaurants that use Android as the OS. It should be the strongest network out there
If poorly implemented it can be a huge privacy leak
@joaoph9391 that goes for anything, you're always risking privacy
More recent delays are due to Apple (surprise there 😂) dragging it's feet on security across the networks in someway.
Also there's far more to consider I'd imagine when its open across all brands and devices, not just a single device with some subtle iterations
This is the joy of Android market fragmentation at work. Why an Apple "eco system" is not really feasible across Android phones (never mind integration with laptop/desktops using non Android OS').
@@AlanTheBeast100 😂 is that you Tim
Samsung introduced UWB YEARS ago, even before Apple and its even better than airtags. Why does no one talk about it?
Does it only work amongst Samsung devices?
@@99tarungyes, that’s the problem
@@99tarung nobody really uses a Samsung in the real world so it makes sense it wouldn't be that useful since it needs other phones to ping the their airtag
@@StoopVital nobody really uses a samsung? largest market share tho?
I just hope my Galaxy Smart Tags get updated to support this.
Hopefully so
if Samsung has the chance to not be a part of Android, they'll definitely take it
You don't need anything activated, Samsung have been doing it for years
@@manolakiosI'd argue otherwise. Android and Samsung have had success merging tech, for example, the recent merge of quick share and nearby share
@@slipknotfya i see your point, google rcs is merged as well
Why are they talking about this as if Apple were the first and only one to have this thing 💀
Samsung has had this for a long time too, this just makes it 100 times better because it expands the network to every Android device.
The thing no one is talking about... Do you think with the network google will finally announce their version of an airtag? - someone please feel free to chime in - just seems like such a missed opportunity
They have released plans but no products for that
@@TheJttv I remember the guys talking about it initially but I thought with the network now up and running the conversations would start again 🤷♂️
I'd buy that in a heartbeat. Where I live, we don't have enough iPhones to make Airtags useful.
You mean the G-spot? 😂
There are 3rd party trackers that work the same way from chipolo and pebblebee.
If I cant find my phone at home. I just say to my google mini "I can't find me phone". Google will unmute my phone, turn the ringer to max and ring my phone" best feature ever.
Does it work with non-british people
@@johndoe38000😂
Samsung has location tags, and they are pretty good, too...
Right? I thought these were tech guys. Embarrassing 😳
Not in most big cities in the US. iPhones are the vast majority here and many Android users will buy old iPhones just to use Airtags.
@@lars2894 That's not true. I know plenty of Samsung users with the Samsung tags.
Samsung tags only work with Samsung phones. That probably sold a few more Galaxy phones, but the tags dont work on Googles find my device network and will soon be obsolete.
@tklotz1 Airtags only work with Apple phones. I've been using the Samsung tags since they were out and have had no issues with them working. I can even see the tags when they are in a different state than me... And btw, Google and Samsung work closely together.
The Android "Save Parking" is a setting. I've noticed that many people mistakenly/unknowingly disable it when setting up the device or through a one-off action.
I realized this because my phone asked me multiple times, which I declined. Then the day I needed it, it wasn't there. And after a few months I went through the settings and found it was disabled.
That ending 🔥
I didn't know if my speakers could find my phone the other day, I was frustrated and just asked on a lark, and it rang my phone, which ended up sitting right in front of my face...🙄😂
Am I the only one who thinks this is scary..being able to track a device when it's off
The beauty of this too is Google and Apple were working together on this to stomp out stalking. So iphones should notify you of android trackers nearby and vice versa. Win win imo when companies work together.
We use air tags for our dogs and I get a notification on my Android phone when we travel with the dogs. I didn't see an option to "trust the tracker" though.
Ok so now can we gloat about how Apple has had this for years like Android fanboys do all the time?
No, because Samsung has had it for years as well, it's just vanilla Android only getting it now and even the last year's delay was caused by waiting for Apple to implement the counter-stalking measures. Buuut, if gloating is what floats your boat, just go ahead, we can endure some of it.
I mean this is Google adding it, Android manufacturers have had their own network for a while. Samsung has had their own suite for a long time now lmao. This is Google being slow.
Lol 😂 Samsung has had this for years, mate... And they're smartags are better too.
This is Google specifically baking it into vanilla android, that's all.
Who cares man get on with ur life you guys are just bored
Yes, you can
I already have a few Samsung trackers. I hope those get integrated with the rest of the android tracker ecosystem, though I doubt it..
If an iPhone is connected via Bluetooth to the car; Siri will remember where the car is parked.
I was wondering why he said that, my phone does it all the time. And tells me ETA and traffic conditions when it connects back to the car.
Or you can just remember
@@Jo3W3stthat goes to every single device
Question from an Android user regarding AirTags: Why would someone else get a notification about the presence of an Air tag if the owner is there as well?
Shouldn't you only be notified if a tag is near you and the owner is away from it?
That is how it usually works.
I have an AirTag in my wallet and the only time a someone got a notification for it was when I had my iPhone battery replaced and a friend was with me.
I daily drive an Android phone but have an old iphone in my bag all the time too for those “ecosystem features” like airdrop. My airpods always - no joke, every day - ping on other people’s devices saying that I can see their location. Even when the phone and the airpods are next to each other! Makes me even more frustrated with the apple ecosystem.
As long as the button can be locked. Hate that shit beeping at random times by accidentally pressing it.
Hopeing this happens quick. Airtags are the only Apple product/service I use.
4:45 oh same xD i have my Zenfone 9 but lug around a iPhone SE II to keep track of my airtags
Does that mean air tags will be found by any android, right? What about the other way around? Tile, Samsung Smart Tags, will also be found/located by apple devices?
Doesn't the apple maps already show your car if you have connected your iPhone with Bluetooth? Why would then one an airtag?
Still see things on the daily though as far as accuracy like the police dept in a sting operation kicking in a door on a stolen device that happen to be pinging but was inaccurate
Galaxy smart tings?
About time.
Samsung Galaxy Tags have been out years at this point. I've got two of them.
This is much better than that
I've tried to get this find my on android to work with my Sony headphones, it shows on the network but it won't let me ping it.
awesome ending lol
I used Apple Watch Siri to listen to Marques via my Mac speakers. It translated to Spanish in about 1.5 s while we were waiting on the thing on Marques's chest to get going...
That was a supper nerdy question
What about Tile products?
By the way, if you are not wearing your watch, you can just tell HomePod to ping your phone
Who the hell has one of those
I'm sure all 8 homepod customers will love that
@@mop0014 😂😂😂
I cant wait
2:07 never. its a hardware limitation (like they explained just a second ago ;)
as someone who works in cellular sales i cant wait for them to add this features so many of our android customers loose there phone 😭😭
For the exact same reason, i moved to the Apple ecosystem, about a month back. Should have waited for some time, I don't hate iPhone but love the freedom Android provide. Still happy that Android is finally getting this feature.
Samsung has had it for year's
Nope, their earphones does not work the same way as find my device on apple devices
Or just have both.
Well you know you guys could say it's kind of like tile or smart tag instead of Apple like it's apple alone using it right now are all three The feature that I love is the one that even if it's off you can find it that's good that way people can't steal people phone and turn it off I was looking for this for a long time cuz I read they going to do it
This has been a huge pain point that my apple family can use this and i cant
How, like how do you know i speak spanish to translate the ending of the video? This is an insane coincidence or a new feature maybe, it freaked the hell out of me lmao
i got air tags for my then young kids. put it in a necklace. they went with their mom to a fair. the tags never updated, never showed they left the house (they did). biggest waste of money.
At last, an alternative to Air Tag! I primarily use Android Auto, and when we reach, it prompts us to "Save Parking Location." The main problem with this is that the network isn't very strong in basements, so it might not follow us when we go back. I simply click a photo of the numbered column next to it.
and android can easily be hacked to track you
@@PSy84 That is correct! I am concerned about my privacy, however until I de-google my primary device and install a custom ROM, I will have this issue with privacy. Using any Google service on your Android will result in this challenge, and this issue is mitigated slightly with iOS, but not completely. They do, however, provide improved privacy.
You can just say, "Hey Google, where did I park?" and it has about a 90% hit rate
As usually google is too late. I already invest many things in Samsung ecosystem... samsung smart tag, air-conditioned, TV, smartMonitor, washing machine... for laptop never need one. Just connect work PC with my Fold 5 for seamless copy/paste image&text.
Samsung may make better hardware when it comes to the phone/tablet/computer market but Google almost always has better software and ecosystem. Coming from an iPhone fanboy 😂
Same here!! Smartthings all day
@@AcesMR6
False. Proves you're an Apple guy. Smartthings is the MOST superior ecosystem of the 3 by FAR. Only Home assistant can debatably beat it.
Samsung is already doing this with SmartTags. Will they be integrated with Google or we gonna have to buy the Google "tags"?
Samsung SmartTag 2 is aaaaaamazing, way better than AirTag. Also, if you can't find your phone at home, and have Google smart speakers (doesn't have to be Nest), you can ask "Where is my phone?" and your phone will ring...
Same, been using them before apple ones ever existed. They're better then anything else
My google nest audio cant find my Samsung phone though even after trying many steps online😢
@@PSy84 I'm no expert, but would check if I'm on the same Google account (and region) on both devices, try restarting, un-linking and then linking again. Good luck!
What about tile trackers
Use apple maps and carplay it will store the location of the parked car when you get disconnected from the car.
Isn't this basically what samsung had for many years now?
Don't worry about the nest feature, at least Google aren't trying to stuff their music service down your throat like apple and amazon do with their respective speakers
Would've thought this would be a thing on Android a long time ago.
Will the Apple and Android networks work together?
Android phones can detect airtags, and tell you if someone has planted one on you, but they won't update location on each others networks
6:20 Its INCREDIBLY frustrating to constantly hear the lawsuit be taken out of context like this to make it seem like an overdramatic misstep. The reason why the EU opened up the app store was because of Apple actively participating in anti-competitive behavior, while neglecting to create any solution to tackle it (P.S. that DOES NOT equate to Apple being required to discontinue or make any of the technologies they've already created unavailable to their users). Why it would be the same case in regards to a niche feature, such as your phone being located with the help of your smart speaker, especially when there are already protocols and avenues available for third parties to implement that, but hardly any consumer demand at the moment, is beyond me.
Saint internet.
The conglomerating.
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Also Tristan walker jay z MKBHD tech skyscraper please.
Wait so will iPhones and android phones act as beacons, or just android phones?
Wait it wasn’t available until now? 😮
Because of Apple delaying it
I've been using Samsung Smarttag long before iPhone every day one... Android had it first and it's always been the better one 😂
If Tim Cook was the CEO of Android, hed simply say; "then dont lose your phone!"
WAIT SO THE G-SPOT MEMES CAN COME TRUE ?
No information about the actual trackers
I've been using Samsung Smarttag long before iPhone every day one... Android had it first and it's always been the better one 😂
Every other Android…….with latest update = only 20%.. 🙈
10 year old android phones still have more features than the most updated apple phone
You also have the ability to remove the tracking so your not being used as a beacon for everyone
And that’s a bad thing
@@Max-gr5lhI’d rather this kind of tech be more thief friendly than stalker friendly. You’re more important than your stuff.
@@Max-gr5lh agreed, being able to turn this off defeats the entire purpose
@@Alex_Martin_ Do you think Apple and Google giving you the option to not send diagnostic info to their servers during setup makes using their services pointless? For every one person who decides to turn this off, I'm willing to bet thousands won't touch what Google sets as the default, making it far from pointless to have a use case of your own. Its just basic app development logic to assume that the network won't be completely wrangled by this.
Funny, I've had Find my Device for many years. Is android BEHIND? What??
Another thing i won't use ever
“We’ve had that on iPhone for years!!!” 🙄🙄🙄
Nobody rembers that you can ask Google Home to ring your phone ?
Weird that Apple didn't patent this... 🤔
this is the worst thing that could happen to android so far. now it will be completely impossible to avoid google constantly spying on you
These kind of already exist, they're are called Samsung SmartTags! 😄
The android network being able to find stuff will sort of.... invalidate airtags
since the whole point is having as wide a net as possible to find your lost things and there are way more android phones than iPhones
This definitely wont invalidate airtags, they almost definitely won't be supported with the android network and probably will stay with apple's network. iPhones are also still very dominant (in america anyway) so Apple's network isn't going anywhere soon
Find My Device has been Android's biggest joke for the last several years.
I don't have an iphone and I'm estatic..
How are these guys tech geeks when they failed to mention the Samsung tags and find things eco system?
Its not even like Samsung is some small company.
Jeeezz
Ask shameful Marques. He never talked about Samsung tags
How many people are comfortable with the fact that Joe blow across the street can tell where you are, or when your home, your entire schedule. All of your calender dates ect ect. Thanks to your phone. I mean anyone..it's easy with readily available tutorials online. Are people just unaware of these facts or do they not care? I mean you can unlock someone's car, their house blah blah..thanks to smart technology . I hope people are aware of how unsafe and invasive it is
Then someone says Apple what what, leave apple alone
pixel tags 🤞🏾 Plz for the love of god, pixel tags
It makes me angry that some Google Apps access my location and I can't disable that. For example the Play Store.
The option to locate my phone although it is turned off sounds dystopian to me.
Lol
At least you can still flash grapheneOS if you are really that worry
Makes sense though. They need to know which country you're in to know what apps are available to you. This is a legal issue, if Google would allow you to disable it they'd be in deep legal problems...
@@GabrielRMExplain
@@GabrielRM So they do that for censorship? Why should an app not be available in a specific country?
hi from zambia.
Great. The best thing to do is not loose your phone. The best way to not loose your phone is to stay aware! Yall keep your memories clear and alert.
Nah I'm good
So, android is copypasting again 🤷🏻♂️
Android finally catching up to Apple 😂
tile released 2013 airtag 2021
@@mrstuartrobertson I’m just mocking
@@mrstuartrobertsoncool. Tile was also just as usable on iPhone since its launch. Apple just implemented something more usable and that usability is why this is becoming a thing.
@@dealkill2396 More usable if you are an iphone user, and only for their own made kit locking out any 3rd parties from their system. Apple have history
@@dealkill2396 More usable ? did you not listen to the recent episode how apple give preferential treatment to their own devices and lock functionality for 3rd parties.. did this with airtage and apple watch amongst others, they have nothing to be proud of, quite the opposite.
Damn y'all even rude to each other now. Mkbhd stuff ain't what it used to be. Everyone in tech thinks their so smart
Samsung has had this with the smart things App for a while now
I'm not really sure how people lose their phone. Isn't just in your pocket!
Mkbhd is disappointed with these guys
likeado jsjs
Finally, one feature that Apple has first.
Nope. Tile released in 2013
get that hideous axon camera out of here
Hello! 😜
first
First :)
First
Did he just say footpath? Footpath?! Isn’t this AMERICA?!
Stop with the "Walled Garden" nonsense.
Wow,I'm first! (I'm so toxic for this but damn)
no one cares babe
@@Poosaycvmyea duh,that's why I said toxic.I just always see them and roll my eyes but I was like "oh wait I'm first"
Typical Android, stealing Apples ideas.
What are you even talking about? Apple has also been stealing tons of stuff from android (wireless charging, swiping the keyboard to type, etc) its a give and take relationship they take ideas from each other.
@@adenschapper Nuh-uh
Tile 2013 airtag 2021.. who's stealing ?
Even Samsung released their smartag before apple released the airtag lmao. I know it's hard to comprehend for someone like you, but although android is from Google, other companies create their own flavours and features onto it.
Is this satire? 😐