Please keep in mind that this method only works if your phone and Chromebook are within Bluetooth range of one another and are connected, so this method is ideal for finding a lost phone in your home or office, especially if you don’t want to be inconvenienced by opening a website or app to do the deed.Īlright, here’s the fun part. This allows you to access your phone’s capabilities from your Chromebook and on top of seeing recently opened Chrome tabs and handset notifications, you’ll be able to make your phone ring with one click. Most importantly, you’ll be connected to something called “Phone Hub”. In addition to Smart Lock (Unlocking your Chromebook with your phone), you will also have access to instant tethering and Google Messages on your laptop. Sadly, this places you into a circular necessity loop. In order to use it though, you’ll need to be signed in to your Google Account, so if you have 2-step verification set up on your account – something Google has been forcing lately with 150 million accounts, then you can’t just sign in through the web browser without your phone present. To get “ Google Find My Device“, simply search for it on the Google Play Store, or if you don’t want it to take up space on a lower-end device, then just visit its web application. Securing your device this way lets you add a lock screen message for the intruder who may have picked it up like “Hey, you! Put my phone down, you creep!” Either way, you should have a passcode, pattern, or biometric lock enabled on all of your hardware because it poses a serious security risk if you don’t.
Going this route has the added benefit of a visual interface, the ability to remotely lock your device, and even to erase it from afar if it falls into the wrong hands.
Use Google’s Find My DeviceĪ more reliable approach to locating your phone is by using Google’s Find My Device app or site. Well, unless you need to dig around a bit. Walk around the house toward the sound of your deviceģ. Tell Google Assistant “Hey Google, where’s my phone”Ģ.
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