Otter@lemmy.ca to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 8 months agoAndroid 15 will let you find your Pixel 8 even when it's offwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
arrow-up1181arrow-down1external-linkAndroid 15 will let you find your Pixel 8 even when it's offwww.androidpolice.comOtter@lemmy.ca to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
minus-squareDeceptichum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoIsn’t that more the last location is recorded instead of even if you turn it off, we’re still going to keep it on and track you.
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoI don’t know about the Android feature, but on iPhones, they reserve a little power when the battery is dead, or the phone is powered off, and it continues to be fully trackable. It functions like an AirTag by relaying off other nearby iOS devices.
Isn’t that more the last location is recorded instead of even if you turn it off, we’re still going to keep it on and track you.
I don’t know about the Android feature, but on iPhones, they reserve a little power when the battery is dead, or the phone is powered off, and it continues to be fully trackable. It functions like an AirTag by relaying off other nearby iOS devices.