Find your lost Android with “Find My Phone” feature

With smartphones becoming an increasingly important part of our daily lives, it's a huge headache when we can't find them. However, if the lost device is an Android, then recovering your lost phone has become easier with the tool Find My Phone.

Device owners will get location information about their phones just by google search the words “Find My Phone”. It's a simple way to find your cell phone from anywhere. The feature is only available to those who use Google in English, but it also works here in Brazil.

Just change a small setting on the search engine. In order for it to track the device, it is necessary that the gadgets is already logged into a Google account that is logged in at the time of the search. It is also necessary that the smartphone location service is turned on. Follow the step by step we did.

Using “Find My Phone”

Step 1 - Go to Google and do the login from your account

Step 2 - Once logged into your Google account, access the search engine and, in the lower right corner, click on “Settings”, then “Search Settings”.

Step 3 - In the search settings select “Languages". 

Step 4 - Click in "English"And then"Save”. Thus, your Google search will be in English and you will be able to use the resource, even if you are in Brazil.

Step 5 - Type it "Find My Phone” in the search and that's it! The location will begin to be tracked on a small map that will appear in front of all search results for these terms.

No Google Chrome you don't even need to type anything. if Chrome is set to accept voice polls, all you have to do is say the words “Find My Phone” and the browser does the rest. The tool also works perfectly on the desktop with, however it is necessary to download the latest version of the application from the Google Play.

In fact, the g tooldevice management Android is not new, but the search term for finding misplaced devices is new. For now, the feature is not yet available for the iPhone. The platform users Apple can use the app Find my iPhone or the search engine for lost devices from iCloud.com.

Source: Mashable