How to use Google search to find your lost Android device

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Google search can locate lost or stolen Android smartphones and tablets. How to do this in accordance with the latest updates - in a simple instruction from Lifehacker.

Probably, everyone has had moments when you could not find your mobile device. Either they left him at work or in the car, or he was even stolen. Fortunately, there are ways to find out the location of a lost smartphone or tablet. One of them is a Google search, an alternative to Android Device Manager and other similar programs.

Here's what to do.

1. Go to the Google website in your browser.
2. Sign in to the account you use on your mobile device.
3. Enter find my phone or "where is my phone" in the search bar (works for tablets as well).
4. The service should respond with a map showing the location of the device.
5. Wait at least a few seconds for the search accuracy to improve.

If it turns out that your smartphone is lost in your apartment or where you are now, you can call it using Google. To do this, click on the link or the Ring button, and the device will beep at maximum volume for several minutes. By the way, you can also call tablets like that.

For the function to work to its fullest, the device must have the Google app installed, hints, app and web search history, app notifications, and geolocation accuracy set to maximum.