Find My Mobile gets offline finding feature but it's not available everywhere

Last updated: August 25th, 2020 at 18:11 UTC+01:00

Samsung is rolling out a new update to Find My Mobile, the company's mobile service that lets you find your misplaced phone and block access to it remotely. The latest Find My Mobile update adds a new offline finding feature that allows users to find their devices even if they're not connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular network. This new addition is paired with an option to encrypt offline locations for added security.

First discovered past Max Weinbach, offline finding seemingly leverages Galaxy devices from other users to find your own device every bit long every bit information technology'south in their vicinity, even if information technology'southward asunder from Wi-Fi and cellular networks. At least this is what seems to be going on under the hood judging by Samsung'due south notification. Nosotros are unable to test this new offline finding feature ourselves because even though we did get the Notice My Mobile update in countries including the Netherlands and India, offline finding is non yet bachelor on any of our devices.

We're guessing offline finding might exist subjected to a staged rollout or the characteristic remains exclusive to the Usa for the fourth dimension beingness. Only once you lot volition proceeds admission to offline finding – bold y'all haven't already – you lot will be prompted through a notification.

Have y'all received this Detect My Mobile update and if then, do yous have access to offline finding? What Galaxy device are yous using and where? Feel free to drib a line in the comment section below and allow us know.