Google’s latest Play Services update has a neat trick for your lost belongings

Google’s October System Services update adds NFC support to Find Hub-compatible trackers, letting you tap a tag to quickly access its details or identify a lost tag.

Setting up Find Hub trackers is getting easier, with options to name tags, choose categories, and enable features like Left-Behind Reminders during registration.

The update also adds card artwork and payment network logos to card tokenization notifications, along with a smaller attribution change for apps using Google Maps features.

Google just made Find Hub trackers a little harder to lose for good. The company has been steadily turning Find Hub into a much more capable alternative to other item-tracking networks.

As part of Google’s October System Services updates, Google Play services v26.39 is adding NFC support for Find Hub-compatible tags. You’ll now be able to tap a tracker with your phone to quickly pull up its details and settings. …