The primary advantage apple will have is that the network will be much bigger than tile, assuming that all iphones and ios devices transparently receive and forward air tag Location data in the background.
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The primary advantage apple will have is that the network will be much bigger than tile, assuming that all iphones and ios devices transparently receive and forward air tag Location data in the background.
Hopefully the software underlying the Airtag is available for developers to use as well, since Congress is already having anti-trust hearings with competitors over this unreleased Apple product. If Apple tries to keep access away from developers (like the Apple Pay NFC chip), expect more headlines regarding Airtag competitors and anti-trust.
If you read the article, they have been working on their "Tile" device for a while now.
Given Apple hasn't released one yet, I'd say they are ahead on this one.
Read my Updated post, does Tile use other iPhones as a relay to find the item!
You have no idea how big this is, they will sell a ton of them and then some, especially if they also open this to Android devices, although I doubt they will do this.
So was 2019. And 2020.
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It isn't just better. The tracking network Apple has in place is unlike anything else. It will enable new use cases that are not possible with Tile.
This could open the door for lots of other uses, for example sharing a car, you leave one in a Tesla, share the Airtag (Location) with one of your family members or friends, he/she/they locate it, share the Tesla Key and of he/she/they go.
And I’m sure Apple has thought about that.
I’m pretty sure that they will have a feature where if an airtag that doesn’t belong to you or one of your family members is basically in constant presence, always following you, you will be notified as such.
Also, it’s not like you can’t do this already. Turn on iMessage location sharing while someones not looking, use Find My, and there’s GPS tracking apps that do the exact same thing.
Creepy people will be creepy people
It is. But companies like Tile presumably won’t use it because of the privacy restrictions.
They have already done this.
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LOL! You know, we've read hundreds of "rumors" by this guy but this is the first video I've ever seen of him and gosh it's bad. I much prefer the text version of him for a variety of reasons. But honestly... like many have noticed... this is just bleh from him.
Same, first time I saw a video from Prosser, it's awful.
Software leaks have already shown that you may be able to detect and disable trackers which are following you, even if they don’t belong to you. I don’t know how Apple would balance that concern with the danger of thieves disabling the trackers on stolen devices, but I’m going to assume they’ve thought about it longer then the few seconds it takes to type a forum post.
Prosser... the same one that posted a fake AirPower and claimed it to be real
I was really hopeful that AirTags would come out in early 2021, but now that I see Prosser's name attached to this, I know they won't be coming out any time soon.
For those who say Tile does the same, it really doesn't, other smartphones need the Tile App installed to be used to track your lost Item, iOS will have it built into each and every iPhone.
That's the thing.. it loses the advantage over Tile if you have to actively participate in each AirTags.
The entire point of AirTags is to make it passively useful.
Apple opens up its network of iPhones to help you find Tile-like lost gadget trackers
Apple says the feature will launch later this year.
www.theverge.com
Yes, that's my assumption too. So doing what Tile does, but better (thanks partly to the larger network, and hopefully due to better integration with the OS and better geofencing).
Yeah, and it's unbelievably ugly, as though no designer has worked on it (just engineers). If Apple already had one available I bet Samsung's would be a heckovalot nicer looking.
Yes it does, but only if they have the Tile app installed. If Apple build it into the OS (and make it opt-out) then we should end up with a far better product. This is why I haven't replaced my Tiles, although it's been so long now I probably should have!
Has it been rolled out yet, the page you linked to says end of the (2020) year.Apple opens up its network of iPhones to help you find Tile-like lost gadget trackers
Apple says the feature will launch later this year.
Tile wasn't/"is not the same" until this has been rolled out.
""=I realize Airtags aren't released yet.