Last April, we saw a product that had been speculating for a long time: Apple AirTags. These small devices allow them to be anchored to any object or element to locate it at any time. In addition, the Find My network in the Big Apple guarantees almost global coverage, making all Apple devices a geolocation network that allows you to find the object anywhere in the world. Taking advantage of the attraction, Apple launched Tracker Detect, an Android application that allows you to find AirTags or locators compatible with the Find My network. to avoid being followed. We tell you after the jump.
Android users will avoid being tracked with AirTags with Tracker Detect
When a user finds an AirTag that is not their own, they can track it through the apps and systems included in iOS. The integration of products with Apple systems is one of the reasons this tracking system is so smooth. However, Android users did not have this option in the form of an official app.
Tracker Detect searches for item trackers that are separate from their owner and compatible with Apple’s Find My Network. These item trackers include AirTag and compatible devices from other companies. If you think someone is using AirTag or another device to track your location, you can scan to try to find it.
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Apple released Tracker detection in the Play Store. Thanks to the NFC of mobile devices, users can find AirTags nearby with a lens slightly different from the original. This app is created for Avoid being tracked by Apple Trackers or Find My Network Accountable Devices. That is, if someone keeps an AirTag in our backpack to “track” us, if we have an iPhone, we get a notification that we have an AirTag that is not ours, alerting us to it. event. But that doesn’t happen on Android.
This application allows detect geolocation devices compatible with the Find My network and it also indicates how to deactivate them. The downside of Tracker Detect is that although it does offer us information such as serial number, does not include device contact details so in case of finding it by accident, we will not be able to contact the owner.
