Google will push updates to Android 6.0+, which can be used to detect Apple's AirTag and other trackers

After Apple launched AirTags tracker, some criminals used this kind of tracker to track target users, such as putting the tracker in a bag or car, so that they can keep tracking the location of target users.

Obviously, this is a huge privacy problem, so Apple later added the tracker alarm function. When iPhone detects a tracker that does not belong to the user, it will send an alarm to remind the user to find the tracker and discard it.

However, there is no such function on Android. Although Apple has launched an alert application for Android system, most users will not actively install such applications, so they still cannot solve the problem of being quietly tracked.

However, this situation can be alleviated after Google also plans to launch the search function based on Bluetooth crowdsourcing network, because Google and Apple cooperate to promote the standardization of relevant protocols, and Google will also push updates to provide system level alarm functions, without installing Apple's alarm application.

Similarly, Apple has also added Android search function detection in iOS 17.5 That is, if an iPhone user is tracked by a tracker based on Android search function, iOS will also send a reminder to the user.

Third party manufacturers such as Chipolo, eufy, Jio, Motorola, Pebblebee and other Bluetooth tracker manufacturers also promise future The compatible tracker launched will also be compatible with Apple's and Google's alarm functions.

It is worth noting that Google may launch the alert function to Android 6.0+devices through Google Play, so it is impossible to obtain updated devices. For example, Android devices of domestic manufacturers may not be able to obtain this new function. This may also require domestic OEM manufacturers to continue to connect with Google to see how to solve it.

In addition, even if Google's search network does not support the domestic market, if the domestic Android phone also has the alarm function, it can also be used to detect such trackers as Apple AirTags, so this function is very necessary.