Android customers may have extra methods to search out their units and different gadgets, Google introduced on Tuesday throughout the Android Present, every week earlier than Google I/O 2025. The corporate says its Discover My Gadget function, which permits Android customers to find misplaced telephones and different units, will change into generally known as “Find Hub,” because it rolls out help for extra companions, satellite-based discovering capabilities, and airline partnerships.
Initially launched as an Android-based various to Apple’s Discover My service in 2013, Discover My Gadget expanded simply over a yr in the past with the introduction of a crowdsourced discovering community that might find private belongings by way of third-party Bluetooth trackers and tags, like these from Chipolo, Pebblebee, and others.
Now, Google is unveiling extra companions that may work with its service utilizing built-in location monitoring capabilities.
This consists of built-in baggage discovering from manufacturers like July and Mokobara, a approach to find misplaced skis with built-in Peak integration, and new Bluetooth tags geared toward households from Pixbee. Later this month, Android customers will even be capable to use ultra-wideband (UWB) expertise to find Motorola’s moto tags.
The corporate says help for satellite-based discovering will roll out later in 2025.
Google additionally introduced airline partnerships that may assist vacationers maintain observe of their baggage, following final yr’s information that Apple’s Discover My will work with over a dozen airways. For Android customers, new airline companions working with Google’s Discover Hub embrace Aer Lingus, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Iberia, and Singapore Airways.
