Android ‘People Finding’ could be Google’s answer to Apple’s precision friend tracking

TL;DR

• Google appears to be preparing a new “People Finding” mode for the Find Hub when you’re near the person you’re looking for.
• It’s possible this could be a short-range directional tool similar to Apple’s Precision Finding.
• It’s not yet clear if UWB support on both phones will be a requirement.

A little over a year ago, Google gave the Find Hub (then still Find My Device) a big upgrade, expanding its location tools from hardware to also let you find people. It works very similarly to Google Maps location sharing, displaying the position of friends and family as points on the map. That can already be pretty handy, but now it looks like Google could be preparing a major improvement to this tool.

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Looking at the changes present in Google Play Services version 26.20.30 beta, we’re spotting a few new text strings that make reference to a “People Finding” feature: