Samsung’s SmartThings Find service is capable of locating a Galaxy device even if it is offline. Google’s Find My Device could be as capable as Apple’s and Samsung’s in the future An unwanted person could even get rid of Find My Device by simply formatting the device. Also, once a device is erased remotely, it can not be located anymore. However, all of these features work only if the device is online. The service allows you to remotely lock a device, sign out of the Google account on it, and even erase the device. It states, “ Find My Device now supports encrypted last-known-location reports for Android devices, using a new privacy-centric framework.“Ĭurrently, the Find My Device service can track Android or Wear OS devices only if they are connected to the internet. The clue pointing towards this feature was found in Google System Update’s changelog for December 2022. Google is working on upgrading the Find My Device service with the ability for people to locate a lost or stolen device even when it’s not connected to the internet.

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