- Evidence of satellite location is seen in Find Hub
- Google had previously promised that the function was on its way
- It seems that you can share your location through pings every 15 minutes.
Google’s Find Hub is the place to find out where they have their devices and their friends and family, and there is a great update in the way of sharing the location on the satellite, for those moments when it does not have a Wi-Fi or cellular connection.
We already knew that this characteristic was incoming, but the Android Authority team has now seen evidence of this in the latest version of the Find Hub application for Android. That suggests that we are about to see live functionality, although it has not yet done so.
Recently renamed Find My Device and then Find My, Find Hub now will be even more useful: if it must be unfortunate enough to get into trouble a lot from the public coverage of Wi-Fi and the network, other people can still find it.
As always, you will have total control over who can see your location from inside the application, so it is only for those contacts you fully trust. You can see who is sharing its location and changing that configuration at any time, either through the FIND Hub application through Google Maps.
Location pings
Based on the hidden chains found in the Find Hub code, it seems that the satellite location exchange will not be continuous. On the other hand, you can ping your contacts with a location every 15 minutes, up to a certain limit that is not yet clear, a bit like dropping a pin in an application like WhatsApp.
From the evidence here, it seems that the exchange will be manual instead of continuous and in the background (as is usually). It will remain informed of how many location pings have to remain for a certain period.
There are still many things that we do not know, as with what Android devices this will be compatible, and whether to use or not incur a load, but it is definitely another step in the right direction to stay safe while it is out.
Keep in mind that this will not replace the SOS emergency function already available on the selected Android phones, which allows you to contact emergency services through a satellite connection if you get into trouble, and also include an element to share location.
