How to use Google Find Hub to track your lost luggage

Google has added a feature to its Find Hub app that lets travellers share the location of a lost bag directly with their airline. The "share item location" tool generates a secure, time-limited link tied to a Find Hub-compatible tracker tag. This means airlines can see a bag's real-time location without users having to hand over broader access to their devices or accounts. Here's what you need to know about how it works, which airlines support it, and what privacy protections are built in.To use the feature, you need:Compatible Samsonite suitcases now come with Find Hub technology built in and can be paired with the network straight out of the box.If your luggage goes missing, follow these steps in the Find Hub app:Sharing is also disabled automatically once your phone detects that the item has returned to you.Google has partnered with more than 10 major global carriers. The feature is integrated into WorldTracer and NetTracer, the two leading industry baggage-tracing systems, used by hundreds of airlines at thousands of airports worldwide.Google says the feature was designed with privacy as a priority. Key protections include the following: