Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Chris Green Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google's "Find My Debvice Network" Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 17:12:10 +0100 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net YeZvfIhjVtHX1ZCcsoyNgAWbcE2rA1kmuTNWieuelekOrnyGY= X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:zhpiVd2yebW6zKKmV2drD22SWM0= sha256:0OFdEMBtreTZ2+1CElH6nEdB8WfiEc22HnC5zmrHVCo= User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20240224 ("Banff") (Linux/6.8.0-31-generic (x86_64)) Bytes: 1935 Andy Burns wrote: > Andrew wrote: > > > "thanks to specialized Pixel hardware, Pixel 8 and 8 Pro owners > > will also be able to find their devices if they're powered off > > or the battery is dead" > > > > That means, I guess, what we discussed in the past, is that a phone which > > is simply indicating that it's off, isn't necessarily off after all. > > I think the CPU, wifi and 4G/5G radios will be off, but the last thing > the CPU will do is pre-compute the "I'm lost" beacon packets and put the > bluetooth radio into a special mode where it repeatedly transmits them > (maybe at decreasing frequency?) How does Bluetooth help? I'm much more likely to lose my phone in the middle of an empty field than somewhere at home in range of other Bluetooth devices. -- Chris Green ยท