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Signs of life for the "Find My Device" network launch?

Edit: Apparently this was covered a week ago: https://lemdro.id/post/1356956

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[–] brunofin@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes but the icon was different till today for me. This is the new tracking network logo.

[–] brunofin@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a new tracking network? Is it similar to Apple's airtag stuff?

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It was announced during latest android IO, they should enable the find my tile/chipolo/etc via a google play services upgrade

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'll be glorious. Should be a much bigger network than Apple's.

[–] cesium@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bound to GooglePlayServices, unfortunately.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or fortunately. Adoption would be very quick and degoogling takes care of the privacy aspect if you want to ensure you're not part of it.

[–] cesium@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just hate that 90% of the stuff that's announced for the next major Android version is either part of Google Play Services (proprietary) or not part of the AOSP. Android is becoming less open source by the day. I would even argue that a pure AOSP phone isn't usable nowadays.

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a consequence of the fragmentation. The only way to implement it to all is through the play services.

[–] cesium@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree, but that doesn't explain why Google is actively removing components from the AOSP, such as the Dialer and Message applications. Fast Pair support was also recently removed.

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

This is to have more control by pushing their own apps. This argument is valid for the play services too.