Android and iPhone smartphones will alert users to nearby location tracking devices, Apple and Google announced Monday.

Apple and Google announced that iPhone and Android users will start seeing alerts when tracking devices are being used to track them.

Apple and Google are both rolling out software updates that finally add unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android for non-AirTag trackers.

Wearable Bluetooth devices can shed light on the care that residents of care homes are receiving and which residents are most in need of social contact, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Carl Thompson of University of Leeds,

ZDNET reports that an alerting mechanism will be rolled out to Android and iOS users as part of a partnership between Google and Apple to improve customer privacy while using Bluetooth-enabled tracking devices.

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IT giants Apple and Google have taken concrete steps to stop people from using Bluetooth trackers to stalk people. A jointly developed industry standard across the Android and iOS mobile platforms was integrated into the iPhone operating system iOS with the update to version iOS 17.

Bluetooth trackers help find lost belongings faster, with Apple and Google working together to protect users. Apple's new feature alerts iPhone users if an unknown Bluetooth device is following them.

Apple and Google have jointly developed a new standard to alert users about potential unwanted tracking through Bluetooth devices. This collaboration introduces an alert system that will notify iPhone and Android users when an unknown Bluetooth device,