Android 14 will allow you to find even a switched off smartphone
Miscellaneous / / April 07, 2023
It seems that in Android 14, developers have focused on adding new features and improving existing ones. As in the case of Android 13, you should not expect significant visual improvements, but the already known functional changes are worth it to install this update.
Judging by information 91Mobiles, Google is working on a network that will unite all Android devices and ensure that the gadget is found even when turned off. In particular, in an early build of Android 14, a description was found hardware abstraction layer hardware.google. Bluetooth.power_off_finder. Judging by the information associated with it in the code, this will allow the device to store the Finger Network keys in the Bluetooth transmitter so that they can be used even when the smartphone is turned off. Thanks to this, the turned off gadget can still be tracked.
The idea is not new: this option has been in iOS Latitude since 2021. Google is a little behind, but the innovation is still useful and important. It is not yet clear if the feature will only work on newer devices that ship with Android 14 out of the box, or if it will be software-enabled on older smartphones as well.
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