Android Device Manager allows you to call from your lost or stolen mobile

A year ago Google thought of solving one of the main problems of smartphones: the theft or loss thereof And, being a terminal with information sensitive of the user, it is advisable to have security measures and resources to find it and lock it if necessary.Something that is offered remotely thanks to the application Android Device Manager, or what is the same, the Device Manager Android A tool that has been updated with a new and interesting function.

Thus, this application joins the group of tools that has been updated last Wednesday. Day chosen by this company to start launching news in its applications and services However, and although its download page does not show a list of new features, there is a new and useful featureto try to facilitate the return of the lost or stolen device to the owner: the possibility of calling a previously configured number directly from said terminal

Just update the application and access it. On the configuration screen where it is possible to establish the unique password to unlock the terminal if the mobile is recovered, there is now a new section. This is a place where write an alternative telephone number of the user himself (or that of a friend or family member) in order to be able to make a call in case of someone else finding the mobile.

And it is that, when entering a telephone number and remotely block the terminal with the service of Android Device Manager, a new and big green button appears on the mobile screen With it it is possible to perform aphone call that puts the Good Samaritan who found the device in contact with the reference person to whom said number belongs. All this by simply pressing the button on the screen.Of course, without forgetting the warning message that indicates that it is necessary to call to avoid that the device is always blocked.

Of course, this new option only appears in the application installed on a mobile However, the tablets are not left out of this feature as long as the user performs their own configuration through the web service Just access the menu related to the lock screen that appears when the terminal has been lost and establish both the password, and the message message and the aforementioned telephone number Something that allows you to display a contact number to call on the screen, but not call from your own tablet

All in all, a remarkable and quite useful update. Although it is clear that great trust is placed in the person who finds said device and decides to call to meet and return it. In any case, the new version of Android Device Manager has already been released progressive , so it may take a few days to arrive in Spain. It will, yes, totally free through Google Play