AirTags will soon alert Android phones of unknown bluetooth trackers, including Apple AirTags
This is an air tag. You probably remember these things. They are really useful for finding something you've lost, but also some Bad actors have started using it for stalking and things like that. You've probably seen the Articles So Apple had this feature where if your iPhone detected an unknown air tag following you around, it would notify you so nobody could stalk you without you knowing.
But up until this week if you had an Android phone, you were still screwed because if they threw an air tag in your bag or in your car, it would never notify you. could still get stalked. But one of the under the radar announcements from this week from Google is that Android phones starting this summer will also Now notify you if it detects an unknown air tag following you around. There are technically some third-party apps that would already do this, but you would have to know that you're getting stocked already to download the app and then find the air tag.
So I think this is better. Google and Apple actually had to work together to make this happen and it turned out to be a win for everybody except stalkers. But maybe they should do it more often because.
Haha. Nice timing to make that loop, yo!
That loop tho 🔥
Thank goodness
Feel like the tech behind this should just be an industry standard so it all just works together!
you need to know people in order to be stalked… FYI xD
google didnt have to work together with apple to make it happen.
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Now thats great news!
Honestly i hope that they will use this protocol to make a tag that works with android. I love that technology and it's really missing (tile it's so far from the airtag…)
If you ever get that notification driving in your car, just go straight to the nearest police station and ask for a detective.
Yeah I doubt they worked together on this.
i mean the fact i hate about google is that whatever ground breaking update they bring about never gets to like their 100% user base. i am sure some of the samsung phones and only the new phones will get this feature update. and all the other 90% of the android users are still screwed