You Can Track A Smartphone Using A Gmail Account, Here's How

You can track a smartphone using a Gmail account, here's how (Pixabay)

YOGYAKARTA - Currently there are many third-party applications that provide smartphone device tracking features. However, doing so will ask the user to enter personal data which could be leaked.

If you use an iPhone or other Apple device, users can use the tracking feature provided by Apple. However, on Android devices this feature is not available.

However, you don't need to worry because users can still track certain phones using a gmail account. The method is very easy and can be done using various types of smartphones.

Users can also track the location of the smartphone when you forget to put it, tucked it, or even lost it. Thus, users do not need to panic if they lose your smartphone.

However, not all users know how to track a smartphone using gmail. Therefore, below have summarized the steps you can take to track the position of your smartphone using gmail.

How to Track Smartphone Using Gmail

If your smartphone is lost or forgot to put it, users can find it using gmail by opening a browser application such as Google Chrome on another device. You can use your smartphone or computer to track your phone.

Next, go to google.com/android/devicemanager if you're using a phone or https://www.google.com/android/find if you're using a computer.

Log in to your gmail account by entering the email address and password associated with the device. Next, Google will track the location of the cellphone that is connected to the gmail account that you enter.

After that, on your smartphone screen will appear a map image or maps that give the approximate point of your phone's location. Note that the points given are approximate so you will have to search the area around them.

In addition, the type of phone that is connected to the gmail account that you registered will appear. Therefore, it is possible that some dots will appear if the gmail account is used on a number of devices.

Meanwhile, on the phone you are looking for will get a notification on the screen. This is to anticipate if your smartphone has been found by someone else.

That was the way that you can do to track the location of a smartphone using a gmail account. Users can perform the steps above to find out the location of your phone, to the phone of a nearby person to find out its location.

As a note, tracking the location of a smartphone using gmail above can only be done if the device you are looking for has activated the location feature or GPS and is connected to the internet network.