Apple ‘indirectly’ delaying Android’s Find My Device network feature?

Compared to Android, Apple ecosystem devices offer better tracking technology. Last year, Google announced an Apple-like Find My Device network for Android, which hasn’t yet gone official.

MishaalRahman published a detailed report citing Apple’s indirectly delaying Find My Device network feature for Android. The feature is under experiment, but hurdles from the iPhone maker are causing Google to halt the release.

Google’s Find My Device network will likely be available on all Android devices supporting the Play Store. This will connect billions of devices, for tracking purposes, leaving Apple and Samsung’s solutions in the dust.

AndroidPolice reports that Google decided it would hold off on launching its Find My Device network until Apple rolls out unwanted tracker detection on iOS because tracker tags have been used to stalk people.

Apple’s tech can locate nearby AirTags but it can’t locate third-party tracker tags. Hence, if an iPhone user was traveling alongside a third-party tracker tag, the iPhone user would have no way of knowing.

Google said that it would be “working in partnership with Apple to help finalize the joint unwanted tracker alert specification by the end of this year.”

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