With Google Find my Phone, you can search for your smartphone in case of theft or loss.
Google has decided to do its users a favor by implementing an interesting feature directly into its search engine.
This is “Google Find my Phone” and it is based on locating your mobile device.
The feature therefore does not need to be activated via an app but is available to everyone through the Google homepage itself.
In this way, via desktop, you will be able to locate your smartphone or tablet, should you suspect it has been stolen.
The use cases can also be other: the absent-minded user who leaves their device anywhere can find it more easily: in the car, in the office, in the gym locker, by using “Google Find my Phone” you will see the smartphone’s location in real-time.
Obviously, for the service to be functional, you must log into your Google account and register one or more devices you own.
Through the Google app – in the most updated version – you can do this very quickly.
Another basic condition for everything to be operational is the presence of connectivity both on the device and from the search station.
Last mandatory step: you will need to enable phone and data location directly on the smartphone.
At this point, you can attempt the search and you will receive the smartphone’s position on a map.
The available options are therefore different: you can simply check the device’s location. If it is in the immediate vicinity (for example, inside the house) you can make it ring via Google. Finally – if you suspect it has been stolen or you see it too far away – you can lock it, also remotely erasing all data.
This is certainly a very useful feature not only in case of theft of your terminal but also in situations of “daily absent-mindedness”, precisely because the Google system can activate an alert on request.
All in all, the service is not very different from the similar functionality offered by Apple, but in the case of “Google Find my Phone” it all happens quickly and directly from the search engine: very simple actions that users are accustomed to.
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