You lost your Android phone or tablet? Look for them at Google.com – CNET in Spanish

Google has a way to find your lost Android.

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we’ve all lost our mobile phone at one time or another, sometimes in our homes, sometimes in the car and sometimes in bad weather. Now, instead of looking everywhere to find it, you can trust that Google will come to your aid.

This little-known feature of Google allows you to find your Android phone or tablet using the search engine Google on your PC, as long as you meet the right criteria.

the Android phone must have installed the application of Google, Now cards enabled, the web activity and enabled applications, notifications Google Now on and finally reporting location must be set in the mode of “high precision”

Here’s how it works.

• first, use the browser on your computer to log into the Google account you’ve set up on your phone.
• Now type the phrase “find my phone” in the search engine Google on your PC . In response, Google shows a map trying to concentrate on the location of your device. Give at least several seconds, and finally going to see a location on the map is accurate enough to give you a sense of where you left your phone. For example, the map told me the location of my team was accurate to a few meters from where I was.

That’s fine. But what if your phone is lost somewhere in your house? Google will not tell you what room you are in, but it can make the device ring so you can keep track of yourself.

• To hear the device, click the icon or link Ring on the map. The device will ring at full volume for more than five minutes. Once you find it, just click the button to turn off the ringer.

But what if you own an Android tablet rather than a phone? You can still use the search function. I used it to locate my tablet Nexus 7 and it worked very well. Clicking on the icon Ring, the ringing sound went off in my tablet so I could locate it.

The Google search function is not the only way to locate a missing Android device. A similar feature, called Android Device Manager, you can locate and make it sound device. If you believe your device has been stolen, you can also remotely lock and reset the password or delete your data.

Apple offers a function similar track called Find My iPhone, you can find both your iCloud account or the app Find My Phone to locate your iPhone or iPad lost, make them sound to locate, block or delete your data.