I will stick with Airtags. They work much better. 
I tried Tiles a while back and it didn’t work when I need it to.
I tried Tiles a while back and it didn’t work when I need it to.
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Can I borrow yours please? I can't seem to buy them anywhere!I will stick with Airtags. They work much better.
I tried Tiles a while back and it didn’t work when I need it to.
belkins design might be good, but magsafe un-friendly. Their magsafe car mount did not worked on non magsafe ip12 case. I assume this one does same. no go for belkins. one of crappiest product company.
Find my integration for third parties has been available since iOS 14.3. Apple may not bring Tile out on stage but Tile has access to Find My if they choose to implement it.
Interesting! Good suggestion. I imagine as these get more common, thieves will simply look for them and throw them out. But good idea still for lost baggage or on a keychain.
Tile has been too vocal in their criticism of Apple for them to ever be brought in as partners on stage. I think they are even apart of that coalition of whiners with Epic and Spotify.
Million dollar question - will Apple expose the same location data that Airtags use to locate 3rd party trackers even if the network of iOS devices do not have 3rd party apps installed. As in - I don't have a tile device but if my iPhone picks up UWB signals utilized by a tile device, I am part of the distributed UWB network that helps 3rd party UWB devices find their owners/provides an update on their location?
This is a very tricky problem - Apple is very big on security, but this conceivably could be a legit anticompetitive concern coming from Tile. But how can Apple control how this location data is used? Then again, these sort of devices are purposefully built with tracking location data in mind.
Here's a scenario - what if a 3rd party company uses UWB signals and someone uses a 3rd party device/iOS UWB network to plant a device to stalk someone, hijacking the 1+ Billion iOS device network to update the location constantly. How could the victim know, especially if its a 3rd party device?
But unless 3rd party integration includes access to the distributed 1+ Billion iOS devices with UWB, 3rd party integration with 'Find My' is useless. The real value is the increasing # of devices (in the 1 Billion+ iOS device pool) that support UWB, as iOS owners purchase new phones. If and how Apple opens up this distributed UWB network to 3rd parties is going to be very interesting.
This is a very tricky problem - Apple is very big on security, but this conceivably could be a legit anticompetitive concern coming from Tile. But how can Apple control how this location data is used? Then again, these sort of devices are purposefully built with tracking location data in mind.
Here's a scenario - what if a 3rd party company uses UWB signals and someone uses a 3rd party device/iOS UWB network to plant a device to stalk someone, hijacking the 1+ Billion iOS device network to update the location constantly. How could the victim know, especially if its a 3rd party device?
But unless 3rd party integration includes access to the distributed 1+ Billion iOS devices with UWB, 3rd party integration with 'Find My' is useless. The real value is the increasing # of devices (in the 1 Billion+ iOS device pool) that support UWB, as iOS owners purchase new phones. If and how Apple opens up this distributed UWB network to 3rd parties is going to be very interesting.
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They may stop short of bringing them out on stage -- but I am a strong believer that it will launch with third-party support and you will see Tile having their product ready to go as they were likely given early access to vet the API.
Not worried About this as Apple will get rid of tile. Personally if I were Apple I would sell AirTags at such a low price that Tile wouldn’t be able to.
Tile needs to go.
Tile needs to go.
a girlfriend of mine would loose anything she put down for more than five minutes: keys, purse, wallet, etc. Tile saved her many hours of searching.
Pets, kids, backpack, laptop case, etc... I had one in my wallet for a while and it actually helped me find the wallet.
you mean AirTags will be irrelevant.
- Android and iOS compatibility in software.
- attracts more buying users - you want to track an item, unless you’re living alone, it’s always good for more than 1 device to track said item (Android/iPhone usually tends to be a mix in many families homes).
the amount of money to research, implement and ship for sale doesn’t leave much for margins to take advantage of. Not a much better “experience” to end users.
furthermore many countries are still in lockdown so not much is going to be lost by a lot of potential users.
I don’t see profit nor any profound nor significant benefits to Apple to make/sell these nor for the end Apple user.
Agreed. Apple will perfect the tech like they almost always do.
the better question is will Apples SDK be able to look into Tiles app? Again I believe if anyone in a family wants to track something it’s always best to have 2 devices to do so. Could be iPhone and or Android.
yeah. luckily my gym bag has a secret pocket so i stick it in there.
what? So? That’s like saying you bet on the Packers to win a game but then claim you won because although they lost, they still turned up. I wasn’t responding to the bit about Find My integration.
Yeah, Apple produces so many irrelevant, non profitable products...your posts are always wrong.
I wouldn't if I were them. It would be deleterious to their business model to allow functionality outside of their app.
It's in their best interest to stay out for as long as practical.