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Find my Bark Phone

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Paola Rivera

The Bark Phone comes with real-time location tracking pre-installed. You can also set up Google and Samsung location tracking if you'd like. If your kid lost their Bark Phone, try using Bark, Google, or Samsung to find its last location.

Bark parent app / dashboard

  1. On your parent app / dashboard, tap the bark_phone.svg Bark Phone tile. 
  2. Tap Find Phone.
  3. The phone will ring at full volume (even if it was originally silenced) as long as it's turned on and connected to mobile data or Wi-Fi.
  4. You can also go back to your parent app / dashboard and tap the location.svg Location tile.
  5. Review the map to see the last pinged location of the device.
  6. To get alerts when your kid arrives at or departs from particular places, add a location at the bottom.
  7. If you'd like to remotely lock down the device, tap on the circle over your kid's avatar to pause the device.

Google Find My Device

  1. On your kid's Bark Phone, open the play store icon.png Play Store app.
    Don't see it? Enable the App Store via your parent app / dashboard.
  2. Search and install the google find my.png Google Find My Device app.
    Having trouble signing into the Play Store? Review this guide.
  3. Open the Google Find My Device app.
  4. Sign in with your kid's Google account.
  5. That's it! Now if the phone is lost or stolen, you or your kid can use google.com/android/find to log in with their Google account and see the last pinged location of the device. You can even remotely set off the ringtone or lock it down.

Samsung Find My Mobile

  1. On your kid's Bark Phone, open the ⚙️ Settings app.
  2. Tap Samsung account.
  3. Tap Sign in with Google, even if your kid doesn't have a Google account right now. You'll see an option to "Create account" on the next screen.
    Creating a Google account for your kid? Here are tips on making sure it's able to sign into the Bark Phone.
    Having trouble signing into Google? Review this guide.
  4. Enter your kid's Google login info.
  5. Approve Samsung permissions, if you're asked.
  6. Tap on Find My Mobile.
  7. Toggle on...
    ✅ Allow this phone to be found
    ✅ Send last location
    ✅ Offline finding
    Note: Remote unlock is not able to be turned on at this time.
  8. That's it! Now if the phone is lost or stolen, you or your kid can use smartthingsfind.samsung.com to log in with their Google/Samsung account and see the last pinged location of the device. You can even remotely set off the ringtone or lock it down.