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Google your lost phone's location

Google your lost phone's location

If you misplace your Android handset, a simple web search is now all it takes to relocate it.

The new and simple to use feature is free and should work with any Android smartphone as long as it's running the latest version of the Google app.

And, if the phone is just hiding under the sofa or somewhere else in the home, launching your PC's web browser and typing ‘Find my phone' into the Google will make the phone ring.

If the handset is lurking further afield, its location will be shown on a Google Map instead.

The only catch in all of this is that your handset and your computer's browser will both need to be connected to or logged into the same Google account.