It is a ferment period for Functions findservice previously known in Italy as Find my devicebecause Google is developing some news that will arrive in the app in the future.

The development team is working on a new one way to allow users to check the shared position faster by friends and family and, in parallel, to expressive redesign Which will invest this a bit like all the other apps and all the other services of the Mountain View giant.

Index:

  • Two other new features arriving on functions from Google emerge
    • Check the position shared by friends and relatives will be more immediate
    • The latest version of the app hides technical tests of expressive Redesign
  • How to update the Google Find Function App

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Two other new features arriving on functions from Google emerge

For the third time in as many days we find ourselves talking about functions, the app for Android that allows the location of our devices and, for a few months, also sharing the position with family and friends.

This is because, analyzing the version 3.1.399-3 of the appthe well -known Insider Assembradebug He discovered other news coming in addition to notifications to invite friends and family to share the position and sharing of the satellite position that we have already spoken previously.

Check the position shared by friends and relatives will be more immediate

Currently, when some friend or some family member shares the position with us, the only way to “control it” is to open the app, reach the card Peopleselect the filter “Shared with me” And select the friend or family member who we want to know the position at that moment.

This should change in the future. At the contextual menu (the one with the three dots available on the far right in the line of the name of our friend/family member who is sharing the position with us) the new option will be added Add to the initial screen which will allow you to add a connection to the page with the position shared by our friend/family (via Android Authority).

Since the shortcut is for the single “contact”, filling the initial screen with many of these connections could end up occupying all the space; Such a solution could be comfortable above all to always have the position of the most important contacts (best friends, partners and children).

We do not know when this shortcut will be made available for users. I do that all the mechanism, although hidden, is fully functional, could suggest a rollout that will not be expected for a long time.

The latest version of the app hides technical tests of expressive Redesign

Other news arriving in the app Functions Find Google they are purely aesthetic and will upset parts of the user interface with the canons of Material 3 Expressivethe most recent design philosophy launched and adopted by the Mountain View giant (via Android Authority).

Let’s see what will change from the current user interface (previous gallery of images) to the arrival (following image gallery). Let’s start with the page Device details (first image of both tunnels): the representative image of the device is moved to the center and the information (already present) are now undergone underneath (and not on the side as it has been so far).

In addition, the characters of the header will become larger and the option Restore the factory data of the device It will be enclosed inside a real button (while so far it is available as a simple connection).

The page to add contact information (second image of both galleries), an option that appears when we mark a device as lost, loses the header in favor of a more eloquent “Enter the phone number and a message”loses the illustrative image of the device and also the e-mail address associated with our Google account.

In the device display map (third image of both tunnels): the illustrative images of the various devices are no longer present in the appearance sheet from below but will only be visible in the previews shown on the map.

When we display the position of a device (fourth image of both tunnels), we can see the two changes just discussed but also the fact that the buttons “Settings” And “Update” they have been transformed into circular buttons (currently they are two simple icons).

Ultimately, it is not a revolution but a refinement process that will make the interface of the app most consistent with the Android operating system of the future and with all the other apps and other Google services. It is not yet clear when the Redesign will be distributed on Functions find.

How to update the Google Find Function App

The app Functions find It is pre-installed on Android devices equipped with Google services can be updated, like all the other apps, through the Google Play Store.

To check the presence of an update, simply make a tap on the underlying badge: reached the dedicated page, if there was an update, the buttons will be shown “Update” And “Uninstall”.