Google announced that it is deploying its expanded Find My Device network to the U.S. and Canada from Monday. The crowdsourced network of more than a billion Android devices will eventually reach all of its users around the globe. The crowdsourced network of over a billion Android devices can help find misplaced devices and everyday stuff for Android users. Find My Device's crowdsourced network of more than one billion Android devices can be helpful in locating lost androids along with other misplaced items. Find My Device works with the devices running on any version of Android 9+.

This device network called Find My Device lets users locate their Android phones and tablets-even when they're off-whether they ring them or find their location on a map. Google's old service, Find My Device, required lost phones to have an active internet connection in order to locate them. The revamped network will also allow Pixel 8 and 8 Pro users to find their device even when it's turned off or its battery dead.
Android will be capable of finding everyday things, such as keys or a wallet, starting in May, as Google is now adding Bluetooth tracker tags from Chipolo and Pebblebee into the Find My Device app. These tags will only be designed for the Find My Device network and are "compatible with unknown tracker alerts across Android and iOS to help protect users from unwanted tracking," according to Google. Users can look forward to compatible tags from Motorola, Jio and Eufy later this year. On Monday, Apple and Google announced they will lead an industrywide initiative to alert Bluetooth users if their devices are being tracked without permission-a threat they said compromised the communications between military users and other commands.
  The network also expands Find My Device integration with Nest smart home devices and shows the proximity of a lost device to its home Nest devices.

Find My Device is secure by default and private by design," according to Google's vice president of engineering, Erik Kay, in a blog post. "Multi-layered protections built into the Find My Device network help keep you safe and your personal information private, while keeping you in control of the devices connected to the Find My Device network.". It involves the end-to-end encryption of location data and, aggregated device location reporting, a new safety feature that is first of its kind and offers extra protection against unwanted tracking back to a home or private location."

Google adds that the Find My Device network will soon support headphones from companies like JBL, Sony and other manufacturers.