Apple is wanting to blend its Find my iPhone and Find my Friends services into a one app, 9to5Mac reports. The service will be able to track an extended number of devices, on account of another hardware item that will compete with any analogy of Tile and will supposedly be launched for the two iOS and macOS as a Marzipan-based application.
The new service will apparently have the capacity to track your devices even when they’re not associated with the internet by either Wi-Fi or cell, however it will generally highlight many of the present features of the Find my iPhone app. You’ll become capable to put devices into “lost mode” and have them make a sound so you can discover them, and the service will keep on enabling you to discover your AirPods.
One of the greater new feature for the new app is the capacity to track non-Apple things. Apple is apparently building up another tag, codenamed “B389,” which you’ll be able to append to a thing you need to track. When paired with your iCloud account, you would be able to set your cell phone to notify you if the thing escapes or share its location with friends. You can likewise transfer your contact details to the tag, which will then be shown on a close-by Apple device when the thing is in “lost mode.”
The Find my Friend part of the app sounds like it has fundamentally same functionality as Apple’s current app. It will apparently give you a chance to share your location to your family and friends, and you can ask your friends to share their locations with you. The app will also enable you to set up notifications for when a friend visits or leaves a specific area.
There’s no word yet on when this revamped app may be released, yet Apple’s software-focused WWDC could give a reasonable venue for a disclosure when it happens in June. Otherwise, 9to5Mac conjectures that the new app could be declared alongside Apple’s 2019 iPhones in September.