Google will now tell you where in a large building your mobile can be

Find My Device or Find My Device is the Google application that anyone can use to find their mobile or tablet in case of loss or theft.It is a very useful tool, especially if you can manage it from any other device, logging in with your personal data (username and password to access your Google profile).

The application works well, but now Google has wanted to give another twist to the matter, incorporating an interesting functionality.The new feature that Google has added to improve the operation of the application will be able to show interior maps of large buildings In this way, users will have the opportunity to know more or less exactly where in the building the device they just lost is located.

What is this for? Well, to find the mobile faster if we are in a shopping center, a department store or an airport. Imagine that you have lost your mobile, but first you have gone through the changing rooms of two or three clothing stores, the ice cream parlor on the corner and the fast food restaurant located three floors above.

In these cases, time is money. Because in places as crowded as a shopping mall, anyone can find your phone and put it in their pocket before you can detect its location. This way, you won't have to go site by site to find the device. You'll save time and have a much better chance of finding it.

The same if you are robbed If you soon realize that someone has reached into your pocket, activating the new functionality With this application you can surely catch the thief inside the shopping center or department store that you have been walking for hours and hours.

Interior maps of large buildings

The new interior maps for large buildings (something we have already seen on Google Maps, also for shopping centers, museums, libraries and other public centers) have not been listed. That is, to find out if a map is available in a specific shopping center, the user will have no choice but to try their luck. If so, you will be able to use the functionality.But if Google has not activated the map for a certain center, there will be no other choice but to physically search for the equipment, despite the fact that we positively know that it is inside of the establishment.

What we do know, however, is that the interior maps for the Find My Device application – always for Android – will be available and fully operational in a total of 62 countries, including Spain . You can consult the complete list here: it will be very useful if you usually travel abroad and suddenly find yourself having to look for your device in a shopping center or airport. To enjoy this new feature, all you have to do is update the application from the Google Play Store, making sure you upgrade to version 2.3 of Find My Device

A version compatible with work profiles Android Work

Another interesting novelty that comes with this update has to do with the compatibility of Find my device with Android Work profiles, for professionals. This is an interesting option for users who need to have a version of this tool for personal use and another for the company mobile phone, which can also be detected through this functionality.