Google의 내 기기 찾기 네트워크: 도전 과제 및 개선 사항

### Google 내 기기 찾기: 과제 및 향후 개선 사항
* 🔍 2024년 4월에 출시된 Google의 내 기기 찾기는 **10억 대 이상의 Android 기기로 구성된 암호화된 크라우드 소스 네트워크**를 활용하여 분실물을 찾는 데 도움을 주지만, 출시가 느리고 여러 가지 문제로 어려움을 겪고 있습니다.
* 🍎 정밀한 추적을 위해 **블루투스와 초광대역(UWB) 기술**을 모두 사용하는 Apple의 에어태그에 비해 **Chipolo 및 Pebblebee**와 같은 브랜드의 내 디바이스 찾기 트래커는 **블루투스만 지원**합니다.
* 🔒 Google은 내 기기 찾기 네트워크에 **속도 제한 및 스로틀링 요청**과 같은 다양한 개인정보 보호 조치를 구현했지만 이러한 조치도 성능 문제를 일으킬 수 있습니다.
* 📱 내 장치 찾기 네트워크 설정을 **'모든 영역에서 네트워크 사용'**으로 변경하면 네트워크의 분실물 찾기 기능을 개선할 수 있지만, 주로 **다른 사용자가 내 장치를 더 빨리 찾을 수 있도록** 하는 데 도움이 됩니다.
* 🏃 ↪f_200D↩♂️ 에어태그와 칩폴로 태그를 비교한 비과학적 테스트에서 **에어태그는 Apple 네트워크에서 훨씬 더 빠르고 더 정확하게 발견**되었습니다.
* 💬 구글 대변인에 따르면, 구글은 **내 기기 찾기 네트워크에서 분실물을 찾는 속도와 정확성을 개선**하기 위해 노력하고 있으며, **더 많은 기기들이 네트워크에 참여**하여 기능을 향상시킬 수 있도록 장려하고 있습니다.
* 🛠 한 항목의 위치를 파악하기 위해 다른 iOS 디바이스 한 대만 지나가면 되는 **Apple의 내 찾기 네트워크**와 위치를 삼각 측량하기 위해 여러 대의 Android 디바이스가 필요한 **Google 네트워크**의 근본적인 차이는 내 디바이스 찾기에 상당한 어려움을 안겨줍니다.
* 🌍 전 세계에서 더 많은 디바이스가 내 기기 찾기 네트워크에 참여함에 따라 Google은 **현재 문제를 해결**하고 이 네트워크가 **분실물을 찾는 신뢰할 수 있는 솔루션**이 될 수 있기를 기대합니다.

Google의 내 기기 찾기 네트워크는 Apple의 내 찾기와 비교했을 때 출시 문제와 기술적 한계가 있어 안정성에 영향을 미칩니다.

Google now has a way to find your lost stuff with Find My Device, but the network is off to a bit of a rocky start. Hi, I'm Lexi. Welcome to your weekly dose of all things mobile. Let's get into what Google Find My Device is, how it works, and what Google can do to make it better. Just like Apple's Find My for iOS, Google's Find My Device uses an encrypted crowdsource network of other Android devices to help you find your lost items. Google has always had a way to find your phone using Android Device Manager since 2013, but fast forward to 2024, and we have the overhauled Find My Device Network. It now tracks Android phones and tablets, Wear OS devices like the Pixel Watch, things like the Pixel Buds, some supported headphones like the Sony XM5s, and compatible third-party Bluetooth trackers like Chipolo's One Point and the Pebble B-Clip. Now, in theory, it sounds great. You can leverage over a billion Android devices across the globe running Android 9 or later.

you should definitely be able to find your items, except it's not that simple. Find My Device officially launched in April 2024, starting in the US and Canada, then rolling out across the globe. But it's been staggered and super slow. Here in the US in May, I was able to get on the network through a Google Play services update and then use the Find My Devices app with compatible devices, including this Chipolo tracker. But then in June, weeks later after I'd been on the network already, I got an email from Google saying I'd get a notification on my Android devices when this feature gets turned on. And according to Android Authority, some people in the UK and Japan were actually able to get in earlier, opt into the network in May, which shouldn't have been possible. Color me and many other users pretty confused. Do let me know if you are on the network yet. Roll out issues aside though, this is where we have to talk about Apple's AirTags and how, at least for now, they are way more reliable than the trackers on

Google's Network first as of July 2024. The F my device trackers from Brands like chipolo and pebblebee only support blueooth. Apple's air tags use both Bluetooth and Ultra wideband. This is the technology that helps you pinpoint a precise location and show distance indicators and arrows when you're getting closer to your device as long as your phone also has Ultra wideband. Motorola's Moto tag comes out in August with ultra wideband support yay but here's the rub according to 95 Google Ultra wideband won't be available in the find my device app at launch. Google's next Hardware event is scheduled for August 13th so I'm really hoping one of the things that we'll see is either a Google branded or a pixel tag and for WWB to be standard in the pixel 9 series because right now it's only in the pixel 8 Pro and on some other Flagship Android phones like the Galaxy s24 Ultra. Secondly air tags also have separation alerts called notify.

when left behind find my device trackers currently don't have this. Okay, okay, I know exactly what you're thinking. Separation alerts and UWB support are hopefully pretty easy fixes, and we know at least one tag is coming out with them. But crucially, the difference between Apple and Google here is not the trackers. It's actually how the networks are fundamentally set up. Apple's find my network only needs one other iOS device to pass by an item to be able to determine its location. If that device isn't connected to the internet and comes across a lost item, the item's location is encrypted and passed on from device to device until it gets to one that is connected to the internet, like an iPhone. By contrast, Google's network needs multiple Android devices to pass by, and only then is it able to triangulate a location. This is the default setting, and let's be frank, 99% of people are probably never going to change this or even know that it needs to be changed to help improve device tracking. A few weeks ago, I took an air

tag and a Chipolo 1.2 Pier 39 in San Francisco. In a highly unscientific test, lost both of them in a populated area to see which one was found first. The AirTag was found by the Find My network in 4 minutes, 45 seconds, and then again 5 minutes later. Ah, I got another notification, the keys on AirTag, would see again. Confusingly though, the Chipolo tag on Google's Network never got a notification from Find My device in the 30 minutes that I waited. Now I could see an approximate location on a map, but it was nowhere near as precise as the AirTag. And it's not just me who's had issues with finding lost items. Many other people testing the network have had them too. So how does this all get fixed? In a statement to CET, a Google spokesperson said the company is working to improve both the speed and the ability to locate lost items on its Network in the coming weeks. And quote, Devices are continuing to join the new Find My device Network, and we expect the network to grow, which

will also help improve lost device findability. We encourage Bluetooth tag owners to change their Find My Device network setting to With Network in all areas to help improve the network's ability to find their lost items in lower traffic areas. So, a PSA: go to Security, find my device, find your offline devices, and change that to With Network in all areas, and hope that other Android users out there do the same so you can hopefully find your lost items faster. But here's the catch: changing your setting doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to find your lost devices faster. It's really just helping other people find their lost devices faster, and it's only going to help bring the network closer in functionality to Apple's Find My if lots of other Android users turn this setting on. So, your next question: does changing this setting actually help? So, of course, I had to do another highly unscientific test. This time, I attached the Bluetooth trackers from Apple and Chipolo to a bike and watched as it traveled around San Francisco. The AirTag updated with a

precise location of the bike from point A to you guessed it Pier 39. When the chipolo tag finally updated, it was a few blocks away from where the bike actually was, and I definitely knew it was at Pier 39 overlooking the sea. Li specifically because I was using Garmin's live track system as my control. And before you ask, the person riding the bike was using an Android. Okay, so what about Samsung? Now it has its own Bluetooth tracker called the smart tag that helps you find lost stuff. Samsung's tags are not currently compatible with Google's Network, and they use its own network of Samsung Galaxy phones to find lost stuff, so the pool of available devices is more limited than either Google or Apple's networks. Don't forget Apple's F my network isn't just about iPhones, it's AirPods, iPads, Apple Watches, and third-party devices like Nomad's tracking card. Important to know if you have a Samsung phone and you already have smart tags set up, that's okay because you're actually also a part of Google's F my.

device Network. It operates at the Android system level. Hopefully, all that makes sense. Now you may remember the countless privacy issues that cropped up when air tags rolled out in 2021, and Google has been very careful to try and address concerns with how the find my device network is set up, which is part of why it might not work so well, especially compared to Apple's implementation. Right now, there is an extensive blog post that goes into detail about all of the privacy safeguards in place, but the most interesting one is that it's actually rate limiting and throttling requests. So, it's basically limiting the number of times that an Android device can give the location for a tag, and also limiting how often you can ping that tag for an updated location. Google also waited to start the roll out of its network until Apple had unknown tracker detection baked into iOS 17.5, so I do applaud that. But do we have to trade privacy for an effective network that can track our lost devices? I really hope not, and I am

looking forward to seeing how Google adapts the network to find this balance especially as more devices across the world get on board. Because right now, I know that I'm trusting the AirTag to find my lost keys versus the Find My Device trackers. And I truly, truly hope that in a few months, this whole video is actually obsolete and out of date because Google has gone to hopefully have addressed all of these issues and made the network a reliable way to find your lost devices. Thanks for watching. As always, let me know your experiences with both Google's Find My Device and Apple's Find My, and I will catch you next time. See you. [Music]

Google Find My Device vs Apple Find My: Why Apple Wins (for Now)

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Google 내 기기 찾기: 순탄치 않은 시작

Google의 내 기기 찾기는 크라우드 소스 네트워크를 이용해 분실물을 찾는 Apple의 나의 찾기와 유사하지만, 2024년 4월 출시가 느리고 시차를 두고 진행되어 사용자에게 혼란을 야기하고 있습니다.

이 네트워크는 광범위한 Android 디바이스와 타사 블루투스 트래커를 지원해야 하지만, 일부 사용자가 지연과 일관성 없는 액세스를 경험하는 등 출시에 문제가 있었습니다.

잠재력에도 불구하고 Google의 내 디바이스 찾기의 신뢰성은 현재로서는 Apple의 에어태그에 뒤쳐져 있습니다.

Google의 다가오는 하드웨어 이벤트에서 초광대역(UWB)을 지원하는 새로운 Google 또는 Pixel 태그가 소개될 수 있으며, 이는 Pixel 9 시리즈에 표준 기능이 될 가능성이 있습니다.

Apple의 내 네트워크 찾기와 달리 Google의 네트워크는 위치 삼각 측량을 위해 여러 대의 Android 디바이스가 지나가야 하므로 효율성이 떨어질 수 있습니다.

Apple과 Google의 차이는 기본적으로 네트워크 설정 방식에 있으며, Apple은 한 대의 iOS 디바이스만 있으면 항목의 위치를 파악할 수 있는 반면, Google은 여러 대의 Android 디바이스가 필요합니다.

분리 알림과 UWB 지원은 곧 출시될 내 디바이스 찾기 트래커에서 다뤄질 예정으로, 현재 제한 사항을 해결할 수 있을 것으로 기대됩니다.

분실물 추적을 위한 에어태그와 치폴로의 비교

에어태그는 나의 찾기 네트워크에서 단 4분 45초 만에 정확한 위치를 알려주며 발견되었지만, 구글 네트워크의 칩폴로 태그는 30분 동안의 테스트에서 알림을 받지 못함.

Google은 사용자들이 제기한 문제에 대응하여 분실물 찾기 네트워크의 속도와 정확성을 개선하기 위해 노력하고 있으며, 블루투스 태그 소유자에게 내 기기 찾기 네트워크 설정을 변경하도록 권장하고 있습니다.

설정을 '모든 영역에서 네트워크 사용'으로 변경한다고 해서 분실된 기기를 더 빨리 찾을 수 있는 것은 아니지만, 특히 많은 Android 사용자가 이 설정을 채택하면 네트워크의 전반적인 기능을 개선하는 데 기여할 수 있습니다.

블루투스 트래커 비교: Garmin, 삼성, Apple

가민 라이브 트랙 시스템은 자전거의 정확한 위치를 파악하는 데 사용되었으며, 삼성의 스마트 태그는 자체 갤럭시폰 네트워크에서 작동합니다.

Apple의 나의 찾기 네트워크는 iPhone뿐만 아니라 다른 Apple 디바이스 및 타사 제품에서도 작동합니다.

Google의 내 디바이스 찾기 네트워크는 속도 제한 및 알 수 없는 추적기 감지를 통해 개인정보 보호 문제를 해결하지만 Apple의 구현만큼 효과적이지 않을 수 있습니다.

기기 추적을 위한 Google의 네트워크 적응

전 세계적으로 더 많은 디바이스가 추적에 참여함에 따라 Google의 네트워크 적용은 매우 기대됩니다.

Google이 문제를 해결하고 네트워크를 분실된 기기를 찾는 신뢰할 수 있는 방법으로 만들어 몇 달 안에 이 비디오가 쓸모없게 되기를 희망합니다.

이 발표자는 시청자들에게 구글의 내 기기 찾기와 애플의 나의 찾기 기능을 사용해 본 경험을 공유해 보라고 권유합니다.