Google Find My Device - Find, Lock, Erase an Android Device

Find My Device easily lets you remotely track, lock, and erase the data on a lost or stolen phone. You can also see the battery life remaining on your phone and the Wi-Fi network it is connected to..With the re-branding, Find My Device is now a part of Google Play Protect, a suite of services designed to protect your phone from malicious content. Google is making the process much more visible to users.

How to install Find My Device

This is the easy part. Just head to the Play Store and search for Find My Device to download the app. We'll break it down for you:

1.       Open Play Store from your home screen or app drawer.

2.       Search for Find My Device.

3.       Tap the three dots next to the first search result and select Install.

Further you have to enter your ,

1.  Google account password.

2.  Tap Sign in

3.  Give location access to the service.

 How to see if your phone is discoverable with Find My Device

Once you're signed in to Find My Device, you'll see a map with your current location as well as the make and model of your phone, and two options — Play Sound, and Enable Lock & Erase. Hitting the latter option will allow you to start using the Lock and Erase functions.

If you've signed into more than one phone, you can select a particular device by browsing the list at the top of the screen.

To use Find My Device, your lost device must:

·         Be turned on

·         Be signed in to a Google Account

·         Be connected to mobile data or Wi-Fi

·         Be visible on Google Play

·         Have Location turned on

·         Have Find My Device turned on

Remotely find, lock, or erase,

1.      Go to android.com/find and sign in to your Google Account.

·        If you have more than one device, click the lost device at the top of the screen.

·        If your lost device has more than one user profile, sign in with a Google Account

         that's on the  main profile

2.      The lost device gets a notification.

3.      On the map, see about where the device is.

·        The location is approximate and might not be accurate.

·        If your device can't be found, you'll see its last known location, if available.

4.      Pick what you want to do. If needed, first click Enable lock & erase.