Find My Device will soon work offline in Android 14

Android phones may soon support Find My Device even when the device is turned off. It’s fascinating that Apple has offered this feature for iPhones for quite some time, Android folks never got the option.

But that could change now, as code traces in Android 14 suggest that Google is building support for Find my device offline, which means you can track a device even if the person has turned off the phone.

An insider quoted in the report suggests that the feature will come to Pixel devices and will be called Pixel Power-off. Google could make the tool exclusive to Pixel devices at first and then gradually bring it to other devices in future Android versions.

Just because offline tracking was spotted in Android 14 code doesn’t necessarily mean we’ll see the feature in the next version of Android, but we’d be surprised if it happens at Google I/O 2023. happening next month.

Google’s process to activate the Find my device function has been complicated, in which case the company needs the Android phone to be turned on, the phone’s location enabled and logged in with a Google ID. Apple doesn’t have a checklist for how the Find My network works, and we’re glad that after all these years, Google is finally close to bringing an offline option for phone tracking.

Losing your phone is a big fear for most of us, and the last thing you want is for the tracker to be unable to do its job if the phone is turned off, which to be honest, most thieves do as soon as they get hold of your device.

We hope to hear more about this feature in the near future, and if Google talks about its presence at a keynote next month, it’s possible that Android 14 will get an offline option. But many also want the company to make the feature backwards compatible so that older Android phones can get offline support as well.

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