Devices connected to your Google account can be found via its Find My Device service (now renamed to Google Find Hub), but Samsung adds its own implementation called Find My Mobile (now integrated with SmartThings Find) to Galaxy devices to offer more control.

Both services allow you to ring, lock, and locate your lost phone, but only the latter can remotely enable location, prevent power off, block Samsung Wallet cards, keep a running log of the location history, and extend battery life with maximum power saving mode.

You can even add emergency contact information or a custom message on the lock screen—something like “Lost phone. If found, please call [number]” so that a potential finder can easily reach you to return it, assuming it wasn’t stolen.

To set this up, go to Settings > Security and Privacy > Lost Device Protection > Find My Mobile and toggle on “Allow This Phone to Be Found.” I also recommend you enable “Send Last Location” as it automatically sends your phone’s last known address to Samsung’s servers before a data connection is lost, or the battery runs out.

You should also enable “Offline Finding” so that other nearby Galaxy devices (which also have this feature enabled) can pick up a signal from your lost device and relay its location to the server even if it’s offline, increasing the possibility of finding your device.

Two-factor authentication can prevent you from signing in to your Samsung or Google account on a different device, making you unable to locate your lost phone. To avoid this and maintain access to your phone, print out the list of backup codes available in account settings and store them somewhere safe but nearby.