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Google Launches Android Find My Device Network
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Did you read the article? There is movement towards an industry spec, and it will probably continue to evolve in that direction.
Cool, now that Google is doing it, we'll finally stop seeing media hit pieces on AirTags being the end of the world.
Is Google going to implement this ubiquitous surveillance with the same wink-wink privacy as Chrome's Incognito Mode?
Oh, and when is the EU going to declare Apple a tag monopoly?
Why would Apple play nice ? They want to sell iPhones; not create a world of just phones.
Keep in mind Steve Jobs himself said Apple would go thermonuclear against Android for blatantly stealing the operating system with Google's CEO on Apple's board of directors. Why should they take the foot off the throat?
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Wow.. I'm impressed. How long did they have that amazing new technology in development? Crack team of rocket surgeons they got there.
The only question is when will both companies reveal themselves to be CIA fronts?
It used to be Find My Friends. But then they wanted you to find other things so it's just Find My, which is dangling and awkward.
Everyone "borrows" ideas from others. It's nothing new.
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Classic Google is copying Samsung and it is what they did here, again.
People forget that Google often adds features to stock android that were introduced years ago by Samsung.
My Galaxy S3 had it back in 2012! I can't remember whether my S2 had it, too.
I did read the article and have been reading about this sector of technology for a while. That is reason I made my comment. We can use conjecture to guess at what may happen in the future. What did not happen, during the decision to collaborate this time around, was the creation of a standard by which both companies could operate under. AKA the way HomeKit and Matter now work.
Not the same thing. Just like Apple found a way to play nice in the industry when it comes to HomeKit and Matter support. This is not a copy issue, the industry existed before Apple ever came into it. Tile and others existed long before Apple introduced AirTags.
While I am appreciate a business being careful when it comes to helping competitors, I don't see this market space causing that kind of worry. What would be better for everyone, including them, would be if anyone at anytime could locate missing/stolen devices and every device was secure, privately, helping fix this problem. If Apple does care about privacy and care about helping devices not be stolen, it would be a great move to expand this solution. It doesn't threaten their devices, if anything the opposite since they get the benefits of Android device locating stolen iPhones, etc...
Until you realize in 1996 the grandfather of biometrics for the Olympic Games was available. Someone always stands on the shoulders of someone else.
Literally EVERY Apple innovation, huh?
You can't even realize when you contradict *yourself* in the same paragraph 😂
Not how any of that works. Google makes software mostly, hardware brands just pick single components from manufacturers who actually develop new technologies.
Apple's job is combining the right features to improve user experience and they do a pretty good job. The single components are already there.
Saying anybody copies anybody else in this situation makes no sense.
Apple is rarely the first to use any technology for precise reasons: when someone's developed anything new, even in a very early version, less relevant manufacturers try to be the first to use it so they can brag about it. They get people's attention that Apple don't need to fight for, and if the phone sucks, they have much less to lose than Apple does.
Moreover, since Apple sells a lot but makes very few models, it'd be hard to be the first to implement any new feature, competing with dozens of others that are just labeled as "Android".
Also, Apple's new features are rumoured years in advance and their release dates are well known. Any time any new feature is rumoured to be on an iPhone, someone gets there first so they can say they beat Apple at it. People will say Apple "stole" the feature. Pretty ridiculous.
So, Apple could never be first at anything, as common sense shows. That's why they just carefully choose features and wait for them to be mature.
Let's be clear, I hate some of their tech (I'll never get used to face ID) but I understand why they alway seem "late".
Lol Android was created and is maintained by Google, which is the exact software that Samsung phones use.
I’m a bit shocked. My last Android phone was back in 2009 or 2010. (Sometime around then.) It’s been about 15 years since I had any first-hand experience with Android. With that lack of experience… I just kind of assumed Android/Google already had something like this. And that’s my mistake for just assuming stuff. But also, I never had any reason check (because I don’t use Android).
I know Tile has its own ‘Find My‘ type network (that of course works on Android). And there are Samsung‘s trackers and whatnot. But it’s a little shocking that this is the first for Google itself. Is it really?!?!
I know Tile has its own ‘Find My‘ type network (that of course works on Android). And there are Samsung‘s trackers and whatnot. But it’s a little shocking that this is the first for Google itself. Is it really?!?!
To be fair Apple's Airtags was not even a new idea when they came up with it.
At that point Tile was already multiple years old and Apple's find my was a pretty huge copy of tile so this is a pretty false statement.
Android did not have any bluetrooth trackers but tracking your device has been around for years. The only new thing really being added is the bluetooth tags.
False on all fronts. Google did face first, The first fingerprint reader in a mobile phone would go to Android and it was a Motorola. it was an ok one. I owned one in 2011. Apple Added touch idea in 2013. Biggest thing that slowed down Android on fingerprint recognition is Apple bought the company that everyone was working up on design the fingerprint reader as at the time that company made by far the best sensors for a phone like device. It set everyone few years.
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A lot actually. But their business model isn't threatened as much as most by playing nice so they have a lot less on the line. This feature doesn't threaten either company's position though.