A recent APK teardown by Android Authority revealed that the Google Find Hub v3.1.399-3 release includes some text strings that hint at new features.

At this year’s Google I/O, the tech giant revealed that it’s changing the name of Android’s Find My Device network to Find Hub, and it will include satellite connectivity, at least to some extent.

Now, some new code snippets discovered in the Find Hub app are showing us how this new feature might operate.

When Android users share their location through the Find Hub app, it will send a “one-off ping with your location”.

This means it won’t keep sending your location in real-time instead, it will just drop a pin similar to how Google Maps does.

The code indicates that Find Hub’s satellite location sharing feature isn’t meant to replace reaching out to emergency services in areas lacking network coverage.

Additionally, it’s worth mentioning that while Find Hub allows you to send individual location pings to those you’re sharing your location with, the app will also refresh your location every 15 minutes.

However, you might need to manually refresh it by returning to the app.

It seems there might be a daily cap on how often you can ping your location via satellites, but right now, we don’t know what that limit is.

Considering that satellite connectivity is quite limited and costly to keep up, these limits seem pretty fair.

Additionally, Google is said to indicate how many pings a user has remaining for the day and how long they need to wait before they can use the feature again.

Google recently revealed that Find Hub will eventually have satellite connectivity, but they haven’t given a specific timeline for when it will be available to all users.

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