Google made a number of key bulletins at its annual developer occasion Google I/O 2023 with a main give attention to synthetic intelligence (AI). Furthermore, it was revealed that Google was additionally engaged on an Apple AirTag rival in addition to a complicated improve to Discover My Gadget to stop Bluetooth tracker stalking, with a launch date deliberate for “later this summer time”. At present, Discover My Gadget helps customers find misplaced gadgets which have location capabilities and are linked to the web. We lastly now have a glimpse of what these new options might appear to be.
Discover My Gadget
A brand new brand that resembles different Google logos has popped up on some gadgets operating beta builds of Android, and testers have obtained emails that their gadget was discovered utilizing the brand new Discover My Gadget community, in line with a report by Tech Radar. Furthermore, the emails comprise a hyperlink to a Google Help web page which supplies an outline of the workings of Google’s new Discover My Gadget community. At Google I/O 2023, Google introduced that the revamped Discover My Gadget characteristic makes it simpler to search out misplaced devices by ringing suitable gadgets or viewing their location on a map within the app.
The brand new community will enable monitoring of telephones, tablets, earbuds, and Bluetooth trackers by permitting them to ping Android gadgets world wide, and can provide extra correct monitoring than third-party trackers.
Unknown Tracker Alerts
Coming to the problems round unknown Bluetooth tracker stalking, Android tester Mishaal Rahman just lately shared screenshots of the interface of the ‘Unknown tracker alerts’ characteristic that may warn you if unknown Bluetooth trackers are following you.
This characteristic comes after Apple and Google collectively submitted a proposed trade specification to assist fight the misuse of Bluetooth location-tracking gadgets for undesirable monitoring, in line with a press release launched by Apple.
This would be the first-of-its-kind specification that won’t solely detect if persons are being tracked unwantedly but additionally difficulty alerts to iOS and Android customers.
