For a couple of years one of the biggest fears of users of smartphones is precisely lose your device And it has become the ideal companion, both personal and professional, hosting huge photo galleries of vacations and families, as well as all kinds of documents and even bank details That is why Google launched in 2013 the program Android Device Manger, offering users to know the real location of their mobile through a computer.Now, taking advantage of the explosion of new devices that are dressed as the smart watches, it also wants to make it possible to find thanks to these gadgets that are worn directly on the wrist .
This way Google has announced that Android Device Manager now supports the Android Wear platform, on which most smartwatches on the market today run. And what is better, it does it fully automatically, activating on these devices through the platform, without having to manage an application, link the devices or perform extra tasks beyond starting to search for the lost mobile.
Simply activate voice recognition on your watch by saying “OK Google.Start. Find my phone” Thus, with a simple voice command it is possible to access Android Device Manager, as one more option of the device without the need to install external applications. There is another more discreet option, without using voice, which consists only of searching for the option Find my phone (find my phone) in the main watch menu with Android Wear
Pressing the button that appears on the screen activates the sound of the lost or lost mobile As if it were an incoming call, the phone begins to ring and vibrate at its highest intensities. Something that helps locate it in a few moments if it is near the user. Pressing again on the clock screen allows you to stop the mobile alert and return it to its normal state once it has recovered.
Missing, however, more options from Android Device Manager views in the web version. Issues such as sending a message to the mobile screen to offer information on where or who should be left if it has been found, its location via GPS and a map (image above) or the option to block and delete its content remotely. Issues that, perhaps, will also reach smart watches over time so that users have more possibilities if their terminal has been lost or stolen.
This new feature for Android Wear does not require any activation process or tool download. Although those responsible for Google have released it in stages, so it may not yet be available to all users in all parts of the world.Something that will only require a few weeks from the current moment of its launch.
