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Google Announces Android Device Manager For Later This Month

Posted by Soulskill on from the remote-phonetrol dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google today announced Android Device Manager, a new app coming later this month that helps you find your lost phone or tablet. The service will be available for devices running Android 2.2 (Froyo) or above. Details are scarce right now, but Google does say Android Device Manager will let you ring your phone at maximum volume so you can find it, even if it's been silenced. We also know you'll need to be signed into your Google Account to use the service."

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  1. Re:What about migrating phones? by Synerg1y · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You don't think the NSA wants to take the time to brute force your wifi key do you?

  2. Re:Finally by icebike · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Except that this feature has been in available for Android from a couple dozen different sources for years.

    Now who would you rather trust? Joe Small Company, hosting overseas, or Google or Apple in bed with the NSA?

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  3. Re:What about migrating phones? by bigdanmoody · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because I know that Google already knows where my phone is?

  4. Google has already had this for years by rh2600 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's called Google Device Policy, but it's only been available for Google Apps for Business users

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.enterprise.dmagent&hl=en

    It's great to have a general user option soon, but for those of you with business needs, the option is already there ;-)