Google makes finding your missing phone a little more simpler
Google already lets Android users track their misplaced or stolen smartphones both through search and by using the standalone Android Device Manager app. Today, the company is adding yet another path to checking exactly where your precious device is on a map. Head to Google's My Account hub and you'll now see a new "Find your phone" option. Tap that, and you'll be able to make the phone ring at maximum volume, lock it (with a message and contact number on the lock screen), or locate its precise position using the Device Manager.
It's good to see Google making it easier and quicker to locate your handset in those panicked moments that usually accompany a missing phone. And it'll eventually get ever so slightly faster, giving you quick access to "My Account" whenever you Google "I lost my phone". But other changes that make it easier to access My Account — like saying "OK Google, show me my account" or (soon) simply Googling your own name — are more noticeable. "When you entrust your data to Google, you should expect powerful security and privacy controls", says Guemmy Kim, the product manager of Google's account controls. 1 2 | |
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