Until now, missing Android smartphones can be located using Google’s Find My Device function, especially since it is a completely free service and accessible via the web (for example, your smartphone practical to locate the phone directly from his computer). However, this application has a major problem: it can only locate your mobile when it is turned on, as energy consumption is required to activate the triangulation service and allow location. However, things may be different with the OnePlus 13.
The main reason most Android devices turn off and go undetected is because they’re not powering the Bluetooth chip. There’s a good chance that’s not the case for the OnePlus 13: with the OxygenOS 15 update, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the popular Bluetooth chip can still be powered up, even when the smartphone is turned off. In spite of
Thanks to the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, the OnePlus 13 can be found, even with it turned off.
To AndroidAuthority, a Qualcomm spokesperson hinted that the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip may support the power-of-finding function: Powered off-finding is supported on the Fast Connect 7900 and like any other feature it is up to the OEMs to implement and use it. ” In other words, it’s up to OnePlus to implement this function. However, in the OxygenOS 15 beta, it mentions: Now you can find your device even when it’s turned off, improving your chances of retrieving it if lost. ” which means that this function will actually be accessible for OnePlus 13 smartphones since they don’t have the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip.
Now it remains to be determined when the smartphone will be accessible with OxygenOS 15: as a reminder, the OnePlus 13 was made official in China a few days ago, and will be available in the rest of the world shortly. will be done
