Android's Unknown Tracker Alerts feature will soon be actually useful

While object location trackers like the AirTag and the Galaxy SmartTag are helpful, they can also be used to track others illegally. To neutralize that threat, Google introduced a feature called Unknown Tracker Alerts for Android phones. However, it wasn't very helpful earlier, and Google is trying to make amends by improving it.

Unknown Tracker Alerts now lets you locate unwanted trackers using Android phones

Google announced improvements to the Unknown Tracker Alerts feature on Android phones and tablets. After getting notified if an unfamiliar location tracker is moving with you, you can pause location updates from your phone for up to 24 hours so that the location tracker can't get your location.

Additionally, you can now pinpoint the location tracker so that you can physically access it and disable it. Your Galaxy (or any other Android) phone will help you in getting the pinpoint location of the tracker.

Google said in its press release that it will continue to improve Unknown Tracker Alerts so that the feature can't be used in an inappropriate or wrong way. It will continue to improve your privacy and security.

Watch our review of the Galaxy SmartTag 2 in the video below.

The Galaxy SmartTag 2 is an excellent location tracker, but it only works with Samsung's SmartThings Find platform. It doesn't work with Google's Find My Device, which is Android's default location tracker platform.

Hopefully, Google and Samsung will work it out and integrate their location-tracking platforms for a stronger ecosystem.

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Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

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First Samsung device: T100

Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S21 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.

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Unknown Tracker Alerts will soon be actually useful on Galaxy phones

Unknown Tracker Alerts now lets you locate unwanted trackers using Android phones

Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

[email protected]

First Samsung device: T100