I’m not completely certain if some of the large android OEMs would get the same level of buy in with third parties.
Google would be best placed to present an open standard for android, at the risk of fragmentation or segmentation by the OEMs
Samsung seems the logical candidate to have the capability, on account of their broad broad product lineup.
That said, I’m not certain if Samsung has intentions to foster the association between their products and smaller companies in the eyes of consumers, like Apple does with its MFI program. Additionally Apple is quite happy to present products from companies it likes in their stores, something from my understanding which Samsung doesn’t do.
I see this feature becoming quite a common sight on higher value 3rd party products targeted towards the iOS market, at least initially.
If the “Find My” network, becomes popular among 3rd parties and customers, I suspect that any similar system that an android OEM or Google comes up with will have to be broadly similar in implementation to ease integration. Simply because they may not have the clout to get third parties to keep a special SKU just for your equipment.
Google would be best placed to present an open standard for android, at the risk of fragmentation or segmentation by the OEMs
Samsung seems the logical candidate to have the capability, on account of their broad broad product lineup.
That said, I’m not certain if Samsung has intentions to foster the association between their products and smaller companies in the eyes of consumers, like Apple does with its MFI program. Additionally Apple is quite happy to present products from companies it likes in their stores, something from my understanding which Samsung doesn’t do.
I see this feature becoming quite a common sight on higher value 3rd party products targeted towards the iOS market, at least initially.
If the “Find My” network, becomes popular among 3rd parties and customers, I suspect that any similar system that an android OEM or Google comes up with will have to be broadly similar in implementation to ease integration. Simply because they may not have the clout to get third parties to keep a special SKU just for your equipment.