Google just added more functionality to its Android Wear platform for wearable devices, now allowing it to locate your phone if it's missing.
Android Wear is specifically designed for wearable gadgets, and already offers a slew of neat features and functionality to maximize the experience. Nevertheless, Google is constantly looking for new ways to improve the functionality of Android Wear, and the latest update will now help users locate their phone if they've misplaced it, lost it or if someone stole it.
This functionality is possible through the Android Device Manager, which helps users locate and secure their phones. While up until now users had to rely on a computer or another smartphone in order to use the Find My Phone feature, the latest update to Android Wear now simplifies the whole process and brings this functionality to your wrist.
"In 2013 we introduced Android Device Manager to help you locate and secure your Android devices. Since then Android Device Manager has helped reunite almost 30 million users with their wayward phones and tablets," Google touted in an announcement on the official Android blog.
"Today we're making Android Device Manager even more useful by introducing support for Android Wear to help you find your lost device. Misplaced your Android phone? No problem! Android Wear connects your phone to your wrist, and together with Android Device Manager, you can make sure it stays that way."
To take advantage of this neat new option, all users have to do is say "Ok, Google. Start. Find my phone" to their Android Wear device, or tap the Find My Phone option in the launcher. The phone will start ringing at full volume, even if it was left on silent mode, so that users can locate it if it's nearby.
According to the company, the new feature will start rolling out to all Android Wear devices over the next few weeks, but no specific date is available at this point. The feature will not require downloading any application or enabling something in the settings menu, it will work seamlessly without any effort from the user. We'll keep you up to date as soon as we hear more about the rollout, so stay tuned.
