
You’ve lost all hope of getting the device back, you may want toĮrase all the data stored on the device. Hopefully, someone will read the message and try to get in On Secure Device in the left sidebar and you’ll be able toĮnter a custom message and a phone number to be displayed on yourĭevice. This is really handy if you think someone will return your device if they knew your contact details.įind My Device lets you display a recovery message and a phone number on your device, so that when someone finds the device, they know who the device belongs to and can contact you. It even works when your phone is in vibration orĪdd a Recovery Message And Phone Number To The Device You’re on the Find My Device site, click on the Play Sound If you think your device is in close proximity and you’ll be able to find it if it played a sound, you can use the Play Sound feature. One of these is remotely playing a sound on your device. There are various actions you can perform from the Find My Device site on your phone. Simply search for find my device on Google and Google will locate the device and show it on a map in your search results.
If you don’t want to open a particular site to find your device, you can even locate your device using a simple Google search. This is useful and it tells you the last time your device was connected to the Internet.
You may click on the i icon next to your device name to see the last online time for your device. Soon as the site loads, it’ll automatically fetch the current location of your device and you’ll see the device location on your screen. Open a new tab in your browser and head over to the Find My Device website. Once you’ve done that, the following procedure will help you locate the device on a map. Or give it to your friend who lives a few blocks away to make the whole thing look more real. Maybe place the phone in a separate room to get the feeling that you’ve lost your device and you need to find it. You are ready to start using the service. The app has been installed and fully configured. You’ll be prompted to allow the app to access your location. The app relies on your phone’s GPS to find your location. Launch the app, select the Google account you’d like to use with the app, and tap on Continue As NAME where NAME is the name saved in your Google profile. HOW TO SET UP FIND MY PHONE INSTALL
Launch the Google Play Store app on your device and search for and install Google Find My Device.