Your phone gets switched off within moments of it being stolen or lost. Now the question arises that how will you find the location of the switched off phone. With the help of Find My feature, you can easily find your lost smartphone. This phone is available on both iPhone and Android platforms.
Talking about Google, the company has finally released the upgrade of Find My Device. After this upgrade, you can also trace the location of the switched off phone. Although the company had announced this feature in May 2023, but now this feature has come on smartphones. The company has not released it for all regions.
Currently this feature is available in America and Canada. The company will expand it to other regions also in the coming days. This feature is currently available to Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro users. iPhone already offers such a feature. Let us know how this feature of Google and Apple works.
How to find iPhone?
If you are an iOS user, then you should have Find My The setting must be enabled. For this you will first have to go to the settings of your phone. Here you have to tap on your name and then click on the option of Find My.
From here you can share your location with your family and friends. Now you have to click on Find My Device and turn on this setting. To see when your phone went offline, you will have to turn on the option of Find My Network. Keep in mind that to use this feature your phone’s location should remain on.
Now to find the lost device, you have to open Find My on your other device. Here you have to select the lost item. From here you can locate your device on the map. Here you will find several summary options using which you can search for the device. If you want, you can also lock the phone.
How will it work on Android?
Whereas Android users will have to go to the Find My Device website to find their lost phone. Here you have to login with the same account with which you have logged in to the lost phone. Here you will get the list of all those devices in which you have logged in with this account.
From here you can see the last location of your phone. Since Google’s upgraded Find My Device feature has not been released for everyone. Therefore, there is not much information about how it will work.