Find Hub
{{Short description|Asset tracking app and service}}
{{Redirect-distinguish|Find My Device|Find My}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox software
| logo = Google Find My Device 3.0 logo.svg
| developer = Google
| released = {{sda|2013|08|02|df=y}}
| latest release version = 3.1.327-1
| latest release date = {{sda|2025|04|24|df=y}}{{Cite web
| url = https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.adm
| title = Find My Device
| website = Google Play
| access-date = 2025-05-01}}{{Cite web
| url = https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/find-my-device/google-find-my-device-3-1-327-1-release/
| title = Google Find My Device 3.1.327-1
| website = APKMirror
| date = 2025-04-24
| access-date = 2025-05-01}}
| operating system = Android 5+, web
| genre = Asset tracking
| website = {{url|https://www.google.com/android/find}}
}}
Find Hub, formerly known as Find My Device, is an asset tracking service provided by Google to remotely trace, locate and wipe devices that are compatible with the Find My Device network. It was initially launched on 2 August 2013.{{Cite web |title=Find your lost phone with Android Device Manager |url=https://android.googleblog.com/2013/08/find-your-lost-phone-with-android.html |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Official Android Blog |language=en}}
Background
The initial service only allowed Android devices to be found. In April 2024 an expanded Find My Device network launched,{{Cite web |date=2024-04-08 |title=5 ways to use the new Find My Device on Android |url=https://blog.google/products/android/android-find-my-device/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Google |language=en-us}} enabling the crowdsourcing of data from Android phones & tablets to assist in finding other devices on the network via Bluetooth. This has allowed for offline finding, as well as support for more items on the service, such as tracker tags initially from Chipolo and Pebblebee. These trackers are marked as supporting Google's Find My Device network via a badge on their product marketing. The Find My Device network was announced in Google I/O 2023, to be released in July in the same year, before being delayed awaiting a new industry specification aimed to prevent unwanted tracking.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-27 |title=3 ways unknown tracker alerts on Android help keep you safe |url=https://blog.google/products/android/unknown-tracker-alert-google-android/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=Google |language=en-us}} A draft of this specification was released in December 2023, and has been implemented in iOS 17.5.{{Cite web |last=Schoon |first=Ben |date=2023-12-21 |title=Android's 'Find My Device' network inches forward as industry spec nears release |url=https://9to5google.com/2023/12/21/android-find-my-device-unwanted-tracker-spec/ |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=9to5Google |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Chance |date=2024-04-03 |title=iOS 17.5 beta 1: Here's everything new |url=https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/02/ios-17-5-beta-1-heres-everything-new/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=9to5Mac |language=en-US}}
The expanded network implements several safety systems.{{Cite web |title=How we built the new Find My Device network with user security and privacy in mind |url=https://security.googleblog.com/2024/04/find-my-device-network-security-privacy-protections.html |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Google Online Security Blog |language=en}} The DULT specification allowed for unknown tracker alerts on Apple devices for Find My Device network trackers, while alerts for Apple Find My trackers on Android devices was launched in summer 2023. In both cases, users are able to disable, ring or see information about the tracker. In 2025, Google announced at "The Android Show: I/O Edition" that the service would be rebranded as Find Hub.{{Cite web |last=Preston |first=Dominic |date=May 13, 2025 |title=Google adds UWB support to its rebranded Find Hub tracker app |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/665754/google-uwb-find-hub-rebrand-find-my-device-moto-tag |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513172256/https://www.theverge.com/news/665754/google-uwb-find-hub-rebrand-find-my-device-moto-tag |archive-date=May 13, 2025 |access-date=May 13, 2025 |website=The Verge}}
Features
Find Hub locates and traces missing Android-powered smartphones, tablets, headphones/earphones, and Wear OS-powered smartwatches. Users have options to play a sound at maximum volume for 5 minutes, secure the device & force it to sign out of its associated Google Account, or erase the device entirely, including sensitive cards such as keys and IDs in Wallet.{{Cite web |title=Keep your payment info safe - Google Pay Help |url=https://support.google.com/googlepay/answer/7643925?hl=en#:~:text=Find%20&%20secure%20a%20lost%20phone&text=If%20your%20phone%20is%20lost%20or%20stolen,%20you%20can%20find,again%20to%20use%20Google%20Pay. |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=support.google.com}}{{Cite web |title=Manage items in Google Wallet - Google Wallet Help |url=https://support.google.com/wallet/answer/12060038 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=support.google.com}}File:Find My Device badge.svg
= Devices =
Google offers a feature to locate the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8a series and subsequent Pixels for several hours after the battery has run out. The Pixel's "find offline devices" setting must be set to "with network in high-traffic areas only" or "with network in all areas."{{Cite web |title=Be ready to find a lost Android device - Android Help |url=https://support.google.com/android/answer/3265955 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=support.google.com}}{{Cite web |date=2024-05-08 |title=The Pixel 8a can also be located through Find My Device when it's out of battery |url=https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-8a-find-my-device-network-3441230/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Android Authority |language=en}}
= Items =
With the release of the Find My Device network, third-party Bluetooth items and accessories with support for the Find My Device network accessory program can also be tracked with the app. If something is lost but out of Bluetooth range, the app will display the last known location until another Android device is nearby. Third-party items can be placed into a "lost mode," which prevents others from pairing to the device. Lost items can be identified from within the Find My Device app, allowing a user to see a message or contact information from the owner of the lost item.{{Cite web |title=Find, secure, or erase a lost Android device - Android Help |url=https://support.google.com/android/answer/6160491 |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=support.google.com}}
To be Find My Device certified, devices must support Google Fast Pair Service which utilizes Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to discover nearby Bluetooth devices without using significant phone battery.{{Cite web |title=Find My Device Network Accessory Specification {{!}} Fast Pair |url=https://developers.google.com/nearby/fast-pair/specifications/extensions/fmdn |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Google for Developers |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Locator Tags {{!}} Fast Pair |url=https://developers.google.com/nearby/fast-pair/specifications/devicefeaturerequirement/devicefeaturerequirement_locatortags |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Google for Developers |language=en}} Google Fast Pair specification requires a device to have an advertise signal no larger than 100ms when in discoverable mode and should be at most 250ms when in non discoverable mode,{{Cite web |title=Provider Advertising signal {{!}} Fast Pair |url=https://developers.google.com/nearby/fast-pair/specifications/service/provider |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Google for Developers |language=en}} enabling “magical” scenarios based on device proximity.
As of September 2024 trackers from Chipolo, Pebblebee and Motorola Moto Tag are compatible with Find My Device network.{{cite web|title=All the trackers, headphones, and devices that support Google's Find My Device network|url=https://www.androidauthority.com/find-my-device-compatible-bluetooth-trackers-earbuds-headphones-3432496/|website=Android Authority|access-date=2025-03-05}}