
Chipolo Point delay and Google Find My Device app status
A short summary of what's happening with your Chipolo Point preorder and the updates to Google's Find My Device app.
Technology
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We take our phones with us wherever we go. And because your phone moves around all the time, it gets misplaced all the time too.
Finding your mobile phone can quickly become a task, especially if you don’t have another phone nearby to ring it from, but with all the technology available, there are plenty of ways for you to quickly find your missing phone.
If the mobile phone you’re searching for is an Android or an iPhone, it probably already has the software you need to find it built-in. Both phone finders will use Wi-Fi or GPS to help locate your lost device, so having some data connection active on your phone is crucial.
Find your iPhone
To get your iOS device back, you can use Apple’s native Find My network. Apple’s native Find My app is already pre-installed on every iOS device or you can log into your iCloud account through a browser. The location of your phone will display on a map and you’ll be able to make it ring or mark it as lost.
In the Find My iPhone app you can:
Find your Android phone
Android uses Google’s own service to find your lost phone. Sign into the Chrome browser on any device using the same Google account you used on your phone and type in ‘Find my phone’. The map with the last known location will display as the first search result.
In the Chrome browser you can:
Find any phone with a key finder
Key finders work both ways, so you can use your tracker to make your phone ring too, even when it’s on silent. Most trackers also offer an online version of their mobile app where you can see the location of your phone on a map.
With the Chipolo phone tracker you can:
Like the native Android and iOS features, the Chipolo web app will also let you:
Once the Chipolo app is installed on your iPhone or Android phone, keep it active in the background and you can always use the Chipolo connected to it to make your misplaced phone ring.
Chipolo Point delay and Google Find My Device app status
A short summary of what's happening with your Chipolo Point preorder and the updates to Google's Find My Device app.
Find My feature: Share your Spot with other iPhone users
The ‘Share This Item’ feature in the Find My app enables you to share your Spot with up to 5 people.
Chipolo features for Android: Make your phone flash when you ring it
Can you hear your misplaced Android phone ring, but can’t see it? Turn on the new Chipolo feature and make its light flash too!
Chipolo brings the future of finding to IFA Berlin
From September 1st to September 5th, 2023, you can catch the Chipolo team at booth 219 in hall 4.2 where we’ll be unveiling our brand-new item finder.
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Compare Chipolo products
ONE & CARD | ONE Spot & CARD Spot | ONE Point & CARD Point |
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Available | ||
Preorders only | ||
App | ||
Chipolo app |
Apple Find My app |
Google’s Find My Device app |
Color | ||
6 color choices | Almost black | Off white |
Finding network size | ||
5 million | Hundreds of millions | Hundreds of millions |
Ring phone feature | ||
Change ringtone | ||
Out of range notifications | ||
Advanced | Basic | |
Best for | ||
Finding misplaced items, left behind alerts | Locating items globally | Locating items globally |