Do you often forget the last place of your cellphone or cellphone? If so, you may be able to take advantage of the find my device feature that is available on some devices.
The way this feature works is basically by showing the global positioning system (GPS) data sent by the device. This means that the find device feature will function optimally when it is set up properly.
The find my device feature or find my device can be owned by devices based on Android, Apple, or Windows. Here's the explanation:
How to Use the Find My Device Feature
1. Locating Android Device
Quoted from the support.google.com page, the device to be searched beforehand must be ensured that it is turned on, has access to the internet, is connected to a google account, GPS is on, and has the find my device feature turned on.
The way to turn on this feature on an Android device is through the Settings, Security, and Find My Device options.
The next step:
Go to the site android.com/find
Find device
A command option will appear for the device to make a sound, lock the device, or wipe device data
2. Locating Apple Devices
Quoted from the support.apple.com page, the find my device feature on Apple is more or less the same as Android devices. It's just that on Apple devices the site used is iCloud.com.
Later you will be asked to login using your Apple ID.
The options that can be made after are:
Find out the location and send a 'lost' message on the device
Lock device
Delete device data
3. Locating Windows Devices
The find my device feature on the Windows operating system is also not much different from Android or Apple. Previously, prepare the device so that the features can be used optimally.
You do this by going to Settings, Update & Security, and turning on Find my device on the device.
The next steps to find a Windows device are:
Go to the site https://account.microsoft.com/devices
Login with Microsoft account
Select the Find My Device page
Select the device you want to find