The Find My Device network had huge promise, but it’s quickly become an absolute mess. Google, though, is defending the Find My Device network for its approach to privacy, the same approach that appears to be completely ruining its functionality.
Google first launched the Find My Device network in April after a lengthy delay. The network was first announced at Google I/O 2023 and was supposed to go live within a couple of months, but ended up being delayed indefinitely to give Apple time to implement industry-standard protections for unknown trackers into iOS.
When the network finally went live, late May was the scheduled launch for AirTag-like trackers for the Find My Device network. Two companies were available from the start, Pebblebee and Chipolo. But, quickly after we and many others started using these trackers, it became abundantly obvious that the network doesn’t really work all that well.
As we said last month, the reason for that is very…
Source 9to5google.com