After officially announced it during the The Android Show | I/O Edition last week, Google officially started the distribution of the “new” Find hubknown in Italy as Functions find.
The quotationten is a must since this functionality is nothing more than a further update of the already present Find my device of Google who returns to update a couple of months away from the announcement of the possibility of sharing the position with friends and family.
From “Find my device” to “Fisto Find”
Less than a week has passed since Google announced the replacement of Find my device with Find hubnovelties that at first was not clear how it would have been translated In Italian but that now, once the actual distribution has started, it has no way of hide.
Functions findthis is the Italian name of functionality, comes in the transition from version 3.1.327-1 to New version 3.1.337-2 of the app. It is legitimate to ask what you change to the practical act.
The app icon does not change but the name changes: the new one is present in the app drawer (which in any connections added to the home), in the tab “App information” and even only in the splash screen that appears when we access the app (and requires biometric authentication).
Internally, the app remains practically identical: the label disappears Beta from the card People (after just two months from the first distribution), a real settings page is added (first postponed exclusively to the settings of Position sharing) which, at least in this first phase, allows only to reach the settings of Find my device In addition to those of the Position sharing (always internally to the system settings).
The need for this rebranding starts from the fact that the app, understood as an extension of the New Find Hub networkis now designed to find devices, family and friends.
Speaking of devices, in the future the support to the ultralarga band (UWB) which will guarantee a more precise tracking in indoor contexts And it will allow users to fully exploit the hardware of their smartphones (such as Google Pixel 9 Pro) and their trackers (such as Motorola’s motorcycle tags) through a new tracking interface.
Lastly, we point out that the rebranding He has not yet reached the website of this service: by visiting Google.com/android/find, at the time of writing this article, we still find the name Find my device.
How to update the app
As anticipated at the opening, Google has recently started the gradual release of the update to Version 3.1.337-2 app Find my device. This update, with which the app is renamed in Functions findis distributed through the Google Play Store.
To check the presence of the update, you can make a tap on the underlying badge that will bring you directly to the desired page: in case of presence of the update, the buttons will be shown “Update” And “Uninstall”.
Don’t worry if you have not yet received the update: as mentioned, it is a gradual distribution that will reach all users in the next few days. Those who are in a hurry to try this novelty can already download the latest version of Functions find from the portal Apkmirror (On the page reachable through this link): we still recommend that you perform such a procedure only in case you familiarize with the installation of the APK packages.
