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FindMe SOS on Windows Pc

Developed By: DriveGenics

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 26, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1.0
Size	5.6 MB
Release Date	March 04, 24
Category	Maps & Navigation Apps
App Permissions: Allows an app to access approximate location. [see more (5)]
What's New: initial release [see more]
Description from Developer: What is FindMe SOS? FindMe SOS encodes your position with 4 words. These 4 words define your unique location within a 20 metre square. FindMe is valid worldwide. All of the wor... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download FindMe SOS and install on Windows PC. FindMe SOS is free Maps & Navigation app, developed by DriveGenics. Latest version of FindMe SOS is 1.0, was released on 2024-03-04 (updated on 2024-04-26). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1. Overall rating of FindMe SOS is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install FindMe SOS on Windows?

Instruction on how to install FindMe SOS on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install FindMe SOS on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install FindMe SOS using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "FindMe SOS" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install FindMe SOS on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "FindMe SOS" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.0.

Download FindMe SOS 1.0 on Windows PC – 5.6 MB

What is FindMe SOS?

FindMe SOS encodes your position with 4 words. These 4 words define your unique location within a 20 metre square. FindMe is valid worldwide.

All of the words used by FindMe are phonetically distinct - that means they will not cause confusion when spoken by a wide number of people, including non-native English speakers.

This makes FindMe different from other word geocoding apps that have no such safeguards in place.

FindMe's words are derived from sources including the NATO phonetic alphabet and the PGP wordlist, and then further refined using phonetic algorithms. This ensures maximum intelligibility over poor mobile/cell phone voice services.

This is essential for an emergency high-stress situation.

FindMe also has a speech synthesizer that allows the receiving caller to hear the 4 words. Long pressing on any label will also allow the words and coordinates to be copied.

GEOCODE

The FindMe Geocode application will allow you to turn your 4 words into commonly used map coordinates for each included country. Different words can be easily selected to provide a complete reverse-geocode facility.

Coordinates provided are as follows:

Decimal latitude longitude degrees (DLL)
Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)
British National Grid (BNG)
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)

ACCURACY AND RESOLUTION

FindMe provides unique 20m square grid locations, and uses an equirectangular map projection to ensure accurate visualisation.

Modern cell/mobile phones will typically have a best-case location error of around ±5m - this means that your position is only accurate to within a 10m diameter circle. In poor conditions (e.g. due to non-ideal satellite constellation patterns, weather, obstruction), the error can be much larger.

FindMe therefore only provides a location to 20m, as we consider this as within consumer device capabilities and more than adequate for emergency location services. Unlike other word geocoding apps, we assert that any finer resolution is technically not guaranteed and unnecessary for this purpose.

initial release

Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.