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Apple's Rumored Tile-Like Bluetooth Tracker May Be Called 'AirTag'

How will it work with keys? I’m hoping it’ll have a key chain hole like the tile. Between my keys and wallet those are the 2 most important items I need help finding.
 
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iapplelove said:
what’s wrong with the 3rd gen? I wouldn’t hold your breath on another radical change any time soon.
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Nothing wrong with it at all, I just won’t buy with all the rumors swirling about a new one. I don’t even own an iPad, it will be replacing a worn out MBP. Might as well get the newest if a release is imminent.
 
I wonder if apples doing that daily release thing they did last year (earlier this year?) when they cold announced a new product or update on the site three days in a row.
 
So with a little software buggery anyone with an iPhone can discover that you are carrying something that you thought needed a tracker, and which pocket it's in? Huh.
 
I wish someone would devise something to fit on eyeglasses, not the case but the physical item. My wife misplaces hers faster than she loses them. It would be nice to have something that fits on the ear piece.
 
matrix07 said:
you can do that already with NFC stickers and iOS 13.
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Not the same thing though. With UWB you would be able to set a geofence of proximity with high accuracy. With NFC you have to go right up to it and make physical contact with it.


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hybrid_x said:
I would actually be interested in using these around my house to trigger lighting and other actions as I enter/leave specific rooms.
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The UWB triggers won't be that helpful until the Apple Watch can be used to detect it.
Not many people are gonna walk everywhere around their home with their iphone on them.
 
insomniac86 said:
Not the same thing though. With UWB you would be able to set a geofence of proximity with high accuracy. With NFC you have to go right up to it and make physical contact with it.
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True, but I’m not sure about “go right up to it” part. For example, if you want the lights turned on when you’re home you just put a sticker near the front door. You don’t have to go right up to it. You just put it in appropriate place.
 
I'm hopeful that these will work better than Tile trackers... especially when it comes to smart location aware alerts (assuming it will be a feature). I use Tile Mates and Slims for my wallet, keys, sunglasses case, etc. Generally Tile has worked more often than not when I need to find something (there have been times when the tile showed up as nearby, but no sound came out of it). The feature that would be more frequently useful to me are the smart alerts that are supposed to let you know when you leave your home or office without your Tile. Smart Alerts have not been very helpful so far, but I know Tile is working to improve this feature. I get a lot of false alerts saying I left a Tile at home that I have in my pocket. When I do actually leave something at home, it usually doesn't alert me until I'm too far into my commute to turn back.
 
sean000 said:
I'm hopeful that these will work better than Tile trackers... especially when it comes to smart location aware alerts (assuming it will be a feature). I use Tile Mates and Slims for my wallet, keys, sunglasses case, etc. Generally Tile has worked more often than not when I need to find something (there have been times when the tile showed up as nearby, but no sound came out of it). The feature that would be more frequently useful to me are the smart alerts that are supposed to let you know when you leave your home or office without your Tile. Smart Alerts have not been very helpful so far, but I know Tile is working to improve this feature. I get a lot of false alerts saying I left a Tile at home that I have in my pocket. When I do actually leave something at home, it usually doesn't alert me until I'm too far into my commute to turn back.
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This is something that would be important to me. Not so much in finding something like my keys or wallet, but having the ability to be alerted on my iPhone when I have left a tracked item behind. More than once, I have left my backpack at a clients office, only to get either part way or all the way home only to realize I left it behind.

Having the ability to alert me when I am a reasonable distance away (user adjustable would be nice, but 1000 feet would work) from my tracked item would be awesome. Icing on the cake would be if I could add locations NOT to alert me (like home) as I don't always take my backpack with me when I leave home. So the ability to say for item=backpack, alert me when distance >1000ft, except when at GPS location called "HOME".
 
Bazooka-joe said:
I reckon tomorrow for a release as people will want to attach them to their new AirPod Pro’s so they don't lose them
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There's a member who was keen on tracking his kids. Short of a geo tag for cattle, he may be interested in this device.
 
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