Find My Device is getting ready for its big UWB precision tracking upgrade (APK teardown)

Here's how you'll use your phone to zero-in on UWB tracker hardware.

Apr 2, 2025 - 18:01

Find My Device is getting ready for its big UWB precision tracking upgrade (APK teardown)

Ultra-wideband (UWB) trackers are capable of much more precise location-finding than their Bluetooth peers, but have limited hardware compatibility.
While Samsung supports UWB through Galaxy SmartTags, Google has so far not offered anything similar on Find My Device.
Google’s been working on changing that, though, and the latest Find My Device update shows further signs of progress towards precision UWB tracking.

With all the choices you’ve got when it comes to tracking hardware, we’re increasingly approaching a point where you’re not going to have much of an excuse any longer for constantly misplacing your stuff. Not all of these trackers are created the same, however, and we definitely have some thoughts about the best Bluetooth tracker for most Android users.

One big factor impacting performance is support for ultra-wideband (UWB) connectivity, and we’ve been following Google’s progress towards adding UWB support to its Find My Device network. That’s still in the works, and today we’re checking out the latest evidence we’ve uncovered of that development’s progress.