Comment on Google’s expanded Find My Device network might arrive in a few days
pastabatman@lemmy.world 5 months agoThis is not correct. Android devices can detect apple’s air tags and alert users when an unauthorized tag is nearby. Google delayed the launch of their network to wait for Apple to implement the same feature for Android compatible tags, which is finally coming in the next iOS update.
poopkins@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Android has no way of knowing if a tag is “unauthorized” because Apple does not provision access to their tag network. You could, in principle, ignore tags that you know about, but you’d have to do it by identifying it by some arbitrary GATT ID.
pastabatman@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Android detects air tags and notifies users. support.google.com/android/answer/13658562?hl=en#…
poopkins@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, users have begun to be alerted of trackers—this is the recent change by Google as it relates to this post. An ongoing issue is, to my knowledge, that there’s no way to identify what kind of device it is. Goggle’s instructions literally suggest taking a screenshot of the serial number for later reference.
signalsayge@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I get alerts on my Android for an Airtag I keep in my backpack all the time. My phone gives me the option to make the Airtag play a sound.
lud@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yeah probably one of the only things Apple and Google could decide on together.