Google Find My Device – How to Find Lost or Stolen phone
Now you don’t have to worry if you often forget to put your mobile phone somewhere. Even if your phone is stolen, you can easily find your Android phone by following a few steps with the help of technology.
Google Find My Device feature
If you have forgotten your phone somewhere or your mobile phone has been stolen, you can track its location and even lock the phone using Google’s ‘Find My Phone’ feature. To protect your data, you can delete all of your phone’s data in the blink of an eye, no matter how far away you are
If you want to use this feature of Google, you need to have your phone turned on, have a Google account signed in, mobile data or phone connected to the network. The phone also needs to have the Location and Find My Device feature turned on. If all these things are on in your mobile phone then you can find your smartphone by following these steps.
Feature
- See your phone, tablet or watch on a map. If current location isn’t available, you’ll see the last known location.
- Use indoor maps to help you to find your device in airports, shopping centres or other large buildings
- Play a sound at full volume, even if your device is on silent
- Erase the device or lock it with a custom message and contact number on lock screen
- See network and battery status
- See hardware details
Permissions Notice
• Location: Needed to show your device’s current location on the map
• Contacts: Needed to access the email address associated with your Google Account
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Select the ‘Secure Device Option’ if you want to lock the phone. It will lock your phone and sign out of your Google account. It allows you to send your other mobile number or even a message on the lock screen of your lost phone. So if someone gets the phone they can contact you.
You can also use a third-party and eras device. This will permanently delete the entire data of the phone. So no one can steal your phone data. Even if your phone is offline, you can delete data when someone turns on the phone and comes online.