Best android tag recommendations please

[Trainerbrow]

After losing my keys, I think I better get a tag on the new set. I'm on android, so air tag is a no go.

Had a quick look and can see the Tile and Chipolo, but the reviews on Reddit are all a year old and basically say none of them connect properly, seems to be more of a Google issue than anything.

Has anyone got one and can recommend anything?

 

[Flat Eric]

Air tags are meant to be decent!

 

[Flob]

I use Tile. Got one in each set of keys and a card in my wallet. I need to buy some more as they have been really decent.

 

[Trainerbrow]

I use Tile. Got one in each set of keys and a card in my wallet. I need to buy some more as they have been really decent.

Have you properly tried them? How often does it update location.

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

I use Samsung Smart Tags

Cos I'm not a poor

 

[Andy_con]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DW97RHHD/?tag=cliospnet01-21

 

[Flob]

Have you properly tried them? How often does it update location.

Updates location any time my phone (or someone with tile) is near. So pretty much always gives last location for whatever I'm trying to find.

I can also press a button on the tile to find my phone.

Been using for 18months, never not worked and battery still going good.

No complaints. Location isn't live like with apple tags, so don't expect them to work like that. Samsung tags might... Not sure.

But as a tool for finding something you've lost it's decent.

 

[Trainerbrow]

Updates location any time my phone (or someone with tile) is near. So pretty much always gives last location for whatever I'm trying to find.

I can also press a button on the tile to find my phone.

Been using for 18months, never not worked and battery still going good.

No complaints. Location isn't live like with apple tags, so don't expect them to work like that. Samsung tags might... Not sure.

But as a tool for finding something you've lost it's decent.

See if I've dropped my keys down the park, I'm not going to know where they are unless I'm walking round within Bluetooth reach?

 

[Rob]

See if I've dropped my keys down the park, I'm not going to know where they are unless I'm walking round within Bluetooth reach?

If you dropped them, the phone would know the last time it was connected to them, so you could backtrack, or you can with an AirTag so I assume it’s the same.

The AirTag also just jumps on anyone with an iPhone, so if they’re in a park near the path and someone walks past with an iPhone it’ll ping it’s location for you.

 

[Flob]

You drop keys, you likely have your phone - your phone knows where the keys last were. You only need bluetooth to join to the fob so it can make a noise.

Anyone who picks the keys up scans the QR code and can report missing keys to your app. Im sure the Apple tags are better, I think the tile gear might do similar tbh but because the user base is so small compared to Apple theres no real competition. But Tile does work very well for me.

Its a good system, but frankly when was the last time you dropped your keys in the park? Your lost keys are somewhere in the house and the only way you are going to find them is to chop that lock off your steering wheel.

 

[Oggy997]

Sadly this is the one thing Apple has far superior over android, it isn't even close.

Without a native OS level protocol, the apple airtag will be infinitely more reliable than any Android variant.

Your best bet is, as Rob said, to have it notify you on your device that is no longer connected and then you backtrack, for others to ping it's location, it's not going to be very reliable.

 

[MAXRUNDOWN]

I'll jump in on this, anyone using a tag to track their kids? My 10yr old has just started walking home from school alone, we've got life360 on her phone, but I'd like something else like a tag we can stick in her school bag or coat incase her phone dies etc..

 

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

I'll jump in on this, anyone using a tag to track their kids? My 10yr old has just started walking home from school alone, we've got life360 on her phone, but I'd like something else like a tag we can stick in her school bag or coat incase her phone dies etc..

Must resist the urge to @ members for their child tracking expertise....

 

[Matt Cup]

I use AirTags, I have lost one which was attached to some car keys, weirdly I didn’t lose the keys but the tag went awol 🤷🏻‍♂️. Tried to track the AirTag, located its last position but never managed to retrieve it.

 

[R3k1355]

Are the Android ones app dependant? Isn't the benefit of the apple product that the tag can be detected by anyone's iphone?

So if you lose one in the park or something, it's more likely to get picked up.

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Weirdly only my Android will notify me if there's an air tag travelling with me. My work iPhone has never altered me to one.
We have a few on the boat each day but the Android notifications are hit and miss.

I'll also be getting something for Android when my lad starts high school next year so I'll keep an eye on this thread.