Comment on Are there any decent Bluetooth trackers for Android that don't require an invasive app or membership?

• ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Having a tracker is one thing. If I wanted I could have gotten a Tile or Chipolo, but all of those require the user to install an app and be part of the tracking network for it to be useful, so you’re limited to those who have installed and allowed the app. Apple on the other hand has built in their tag tracking to every single iPhone period, whether they have a tag or not, so the mesh of phones that can track your tag is much, much larger especially in the US as I’m. It relying on people to install an app and a segmented product.

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  • Polar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    … No

    Google announced an air tag system, which will be enabled on billions of Android devices via Google Play services. It’s literally air tag for Android, but with an even larger network of devices.

    Chipolo released hardware that only works with this new system. No third party app required.

    chipolo.net/en-us/products/…/chipolo-point

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    • ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “Announced” is it ready, is it available right now? And I said that was one of the reasons, not the only reason. My credit card only works with Apple Pay, that’s another. There were a whole host of reasons. Google is saying “we’ll do them to!” But at some point it was keep waiting or switch to something that actually existed.

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      • Polar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Your credit card doesn’t work with Google Pay? lmao what?

        But hey, enjoy your new air tag. Make sure to pick up this official Apple FineWoven Key Ring so you can put it on your key chain.

        I will just use the dedicated hole in my Chipolo and save $49, but also be at ease that my airtag isn’t going to slip out of a fucking case.

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