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STOP losing your devices

Find your lost Android phone

If you’re an Android user and logged into your Google account, you can track your device online using Google’s Find My Device service (www.snipca.com/47845). It also works for some accessories, including Pixel Buds, while support for headphones from Sony and JBL is coming soon (see www.snipca.com/47869). It’s compatible with Tile and Chipolo tags too – we’ll come to those later.

Google is currently working on a huge update to the Find My Device app that will use phones and tablets connected to its network to help locate missing devices. But it has already added a feature that tells you whether someone has slipped a location tracker

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