appleThere are some things Google does better than Google. first one apple while allowing users to track their iPhones even when they are turned off, Google Requires the phone to be powered on. But it turns out that the company is working on improving the Find My Android Device functionality and will soon enable you to find your lost or stolen device even if it’s turned off. So things change here.
New reports suggest that Google has a tool that will allow you to find your device when it’s turned off, similar to what Apple’s Find My app does. Find My Device He found evidence that he was working on the feature. Report on Google phones Pixel Power-off Finder states it will be named.
It looks like Google has added optional support or UWB to implement this feature, including Google’s own tag codename “grog”. a huge network of all Android devices will create. This network is probably your lost device. Bluetooth It will help it connect to other devices and transmit its location via
According to Wojciechowski, the code is “hardware.google.bluetooth.power_off_finder” It introduces a new Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) definition called This definition will include pre-calculated Finger Network keys that are sent to the device’s Bluetooth chip, allowing it to remain active even when the phone is turned off.
However, to keep the Bluetooth chip active all the time hardware support It looks like only the upcoming Pixel 8 phones will be able to support this new feature. It is unclear whether current Pixel 7 smartphones carry this type of technology.