Re: Google's "Find My Debvice Network"

Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

Am 29.05.24 um 17:02 schrieb Andy Burns:

Stan Brown wrote:
 

I'm surprised I haven't seen anything about this here. I've been
googling (!) for a way to opt out of using my bandwidth and my
battery to be part of this network.

 
Is it actually live yet?

 
At least since 2020.
 
If you speak a little bit of German than you can see how easy it is to
turn it on and to turn it off again:
 
https://www.heise.de/tipps-tricks/Google-Find-my-Device-so-funktioniert-s-6202798.html
 
or open settings. Go to search function and enter "find my" and enter.
There you are! Deactivate it!

Jörg,

  As the subject says, the is about the Find My Device *network*, which
is a *new* feature, allowing "to locate your devices even if they're
offline".

'Finding your offline devices'
<https://support.google.com/android/answer/14796936?&p=find_offline_devices&rd=1#finding_offline_devices>