Posted by Sanuj Bhatia on May 03, 2021 in AirTags, Featured
Apple announced the AirTag at its ‘Spring Loaded’ event last month. AirTag is a simple tracking solution from Apple that helps you keep track of things like keys, wallets, and bags. The Bluetooth tracker from Apple is now available to order, but is it the only Bluetooth tracker you should consider? These are the top 5 AirTag alternatives that you should consider buying.
Bluetooth item trackers aren’t new at all. The idea behind Bluetooth tracking is simple; it just uses Bluetooth and GPS to keep track of things and has been around for years Tile started back in 2014. These object trackers attach to important things like keys, wallets, bags, and purses, and then show up on your iPhone via an app. But with Apple’s entry into the Bluetooth tracking ecosystem, things are about to change.
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The more I think about it, the more confident I am in this assertion: AirTags are perfectly Apple products.
Not a perfect Apple product, mind you. AirTag has room to grow. But it truly encapsulates some critical aspects of Apple s product design philosophy for both good and ill.
Apple has usually excelled at purpose-built products. Think of Apple s various pod products over the years: iPod, HomePod, AirPods. All excellent products built towards singular purposes (even if the HomePod has now been discontinued, I still contend that it s an excellent speaker, just as Apple designed it to be).
AirTag vs. Tile Buyer s Guide
Thursday April 29, 2021 1:58 AM PDT by Hartley Charlton
AirTag is Apple s newest product line, a small round disc used to track items using the Find My app. Yet Apple is not the first to offer item trackers of this kind. Tile has been making Bluetooth item trackers for almost a decade and is now AirTag s main competitor.
As the two leading item trackers share a number of key features, it may not be immediately obvious which is better for your personal use case. Our guide answers the question of how to decide whether AirTag or Tile is best for you.
No hole for a lanyard or keyring
Anti-stalking features are limited
You ll never lose something in the couch again. Apple s AirTag ($29) leverages tight iOS integration and the world s huge network of iOS devices to create Bluetooth trackers that are uncommonly easy to set up, use, and locate especially compared with Tile, the current giant of the industry. If you have an iPhone or an iPad, the AirTag is a sleek and delightful way to track your lost devices, and that makes it worthy of our Editors Choice award.
Never Lose Anything Again
There s a decent industry out there of trackers for people, vehicles, and stuff. Samsung has the SmartTag and SmartTag+ for owners of Samsung phones and tablets. For iPhone and iPad users, the AirTag really competes against one giant of the industry, Tile, which has made its entire brand on low-cost Bluetooth trackers that let you beep them when you lose your keys.