OnePlus 13: it could be located even when it is turned off

Until now, lost Android smartphones can be found using Google's Find My Device function, especially since it is a completely free service and also accessible via the web (practical for finding your smartphone directly from his computer, for example). However, this application has a major problem: it can only find your mobile if it is turned on, because it is necessary to use energy to activate the triangulation service and allow location. However, with the OnePlus 13 things could be different.

The main reason why most Android devices cannot be located when they are turned off is because they are not powering the bluetooth chip. There is a good chance that this is not the case for the OnePlus 13: with the OxygenOS 15 update, linked to the power of the Snapdragon 8 Elite, this famous Bluetooth chip could still be powered, even with the smartphone turned off .

The OnePlus 13 could be found, even turned off, thanks to the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip

For AndroidAuthority, a Qualcomm spokesperson indicated that the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip can support the Power Off Finding function: “ Powered Off Finding is supported on FastConnect 7900 and like any other feature, it is up to OEMs to implement and use it “. In other words, it's up to OnePlus to implement the function. However, in the OxygenOS 15 beta, there is this mention: “ you can now locate your device even when it is turned off, improving the chances of recovering it if lost “. Which implies, in reality, that the function will indeed be accessible to OnePlus 13 smartphones. The previous models do not seem to be able to benefit from it since they do not have the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip.

It now remains to determine the information when the smartphone will be accessible with OxygenOS 15: as a reminder, the OnePlus 13 was made official in China a few days agoand will be available to the rest of the world in the near future.