If you have an Android phone or tablet, Google will email you soon - if it hasn’t already - to say your device will automatically beam its location anonymously to strangers’ compatible gadgets nearby.

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

When Apple launched the AirTag several years ago, it turned its massive network of iPhones, iPads, and other connected devices into an enormous network that could track AirTagged objects, even while ...

Google's Find My Device has evolved into the more capable Find Hub, but remnants of ancient phone-finding tools still exist. The still-live "Find your phone" Google Account settings page now ...