Google finally launches the "Find My Device" feature

Although we have always criticized Apple's poor network services, one of its cloud services has left a deep impression - Find My iPhone. Regardless of whether it's domestically or internationally, online or offline, there are numerous examples of people using Find My iPhone to recover their phones. —— In addition to marking the geographical location of the phone, Find My iPhone can also lock the device remotely and erase all data throughout the process, and all of this is free.

Even Windows Phone, which has a small market share, has long had a "find my phone" function. Google's response in this area has indeed been too slow. However, in the latest article on its official blog titled 《Find Your Lost Phone with Android Device Manager》, Google announced that this function will appear on Android phones and tablets this month.

According to the official article, the functions of Android Device Manager are very similar to Apple's Find My iPhone. Both can:

Locate the lost device and make it ring at maximum volume. It is said that this function can quickly locate the phone when it is just lost. In other words, if you can't find your phone at home, you can use this function to locate the device; Remote locking. To protect personal information, both can lock the phone remotely.

Google stated that the service will be provided in the form of an independent application, which will be launched within this month. This means that even non-Google devices can enjoy Google's services. However, due to the blocking of Google in China, the positioning of Google Maps is not so accurate, which may reduce the practicality of this service.

Of course, we can also use the "find my phone" function provided by domestic mobile phone manufacturers.

In any case, the global market share of Android devices has exceeded 80%, and Google's launch of the "find my phone" function at this time will have great social significance.