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Google’s Find Hub is Live, Beta Tag Removed

Tim May 19, 2025 3

After announcing that the change was upcoming last week, Google is officially rolling out the Find Hub name change for Find My Device. The "beta" tag has also been removed. When announced, Google said that Find Hub will attach to everything from smart luggage...

Google’s Find My Device Becomes “Find Hub” Because It’s for Devices and People

Kellen May 13, 2025 2

Google first launched its Find My Device app and network a little over a year ago to pretty mixed reviews. Then in March of this year as a part of an Android feature drop, it started tracking people (in beta) within the app alongside all of your devices,...

Android Feature Drop Adds 4 New Features in Chrome, Messages, Auto, Find My for Everyone

Kellen March 4, 2025 3

In the world of Android, the weeks don't get that much bigger than this one. Not only are we getting a Google Pixel Feature Drop that adds a bunch of goodies to the Pixel line-up of devices, Google is also sharing 4 new features coming to Android that any...

Google Adds Two Features to Android to Fight Unwanted Bluetooth Tracking

Kellen December 11, 2024 4

Google already had some protections in place for when an unknown or unwanted Bluetooth tracker is hanging around you for too long. To further strengthen those protections, Google announced two new features today that both make a lot of sense and are welcomed....

Pebblebee’s New Universal Item Trackers Work on Either Google or Apple Find My Networks

Kellen October 1, 2024 4

When Google launched its new Find My Device network earlier this year, Pebblebee was one of the first companies to launch a series of item trackers that worked with it. There was an issue with them, though - that first batch of trackers only worked with Google...

Google, Apple Create Spec to Ensure You Aren’t Unknowingly Being Tracked

Tim May 13, 2024 9

Google and Apple announced this week that they have partnered up to create a new industry specification -- Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers. Available to Android 6.0+ and iOS 17.5+, the spec was created with Google's new Find My Device network in mind,...

First Certified Google Find My Device Trackers Arrive in May

Kellen April 8, 2024 4

Now that Google's Find My Device network has launched, you might be wondering if there are any devices on the market that can take advantage of it. The short answer is - there will be, soon. I know, this always seems to be the case with new Android-related...

Google’s New Find My Device Network is Here

Kellen April 8, 2024 19

All signs last week pointed to Google's new Find My Device network finally launching today and that has indeed happened. Find My Device is here, Android friends! Originally scheduled to launch last summer, the new Find My Device network is capable of finding...