Hello, any recommendations for air tag trackers for Android. It's to go in a bike box so it it doesn't turn up at the destination I've a vague hope of seeing it again, loads on Amazon but hey who trusts their reviews!
I've got a Tile tracker which is good. Back when I bought it, there was no Android equivalent for Airtag, something to do with privacy and tracking I believe.
https://www.android.com/intl/en_uk/articles/airtag-alternatives-android/
Google now have something called Chipolo which is supposedly their Airtag equivalent, no idea about it though.
The Tile works pretty well, I always have it on my bike box when I fly and it's always updated reasonably quickly. Uses a 2032 coin cell battery which lasts a year or so.
I'm using chipolo one. Not 100% convinced. Brilliant if its within bluetooth of me. Brilliant if my phone was with me when I put the thing down. But If it's just somewhere random and I'm reliant on multiple other android phones with the right options turned on going near it - not had a lot of luck. I don't 'think' on Android the being-a-beacon-for lost-things options is on by default so your need a lot of people to go past it for it to work.
If you've got a Samsung the smarttags are good, the new version even better. If you're after something other than samsung then "find my" compatible is the best bet. I have some mili litags from amazon that work really well. I had some RSH ones but as I added them to my account I'd get to the third one and then the first would stop working so I could never have more than two added! No such problems adding multiples of either Samsung or the Mili Litags.
I use the Motorola smart tags. They are the same size as airtags.
I've run Samsung Smarttags and Apple iTags side by side for aboit a year. In my experience the Smarttags were more reliable. However they are meant to only work with Samsung devices. But if you Google Utag you'll find a workaround that means that they can work with any Android phone via a side loadwd version of SmartThings app. That's what I do and it seems to be pretty flawless.
I'm using chipolo one. Not 100% convinced. Brilliant if its within bluetooth of me. Brilliant if my phone was with me when I put the thing down. But If it's just somewhere random and I'm reliant on multiple other android phones with the right options turned on going near it - not had a lot of luck. I don't 'think' on Android the being-a-beacon-for lost-things options is on by default so your need a lot of people to go past it for it to work.
I also have the chipolos and they are a bit crap, friends airtags are more reliable and pop up on my system more often than my own chipolos.
It is annoying as I am anti jesus phone but really Google have crapped out here and it makes my Apple baiting much harder.
I recently bought a MiLi Litag from Amazon.
Works with Google find hub £12.99
Seems ok. Wife put it in her bag and she's popped over to Blackpool and it's updates every so often.
Does the Apple air tag work the same way, as in it gives positional updates or is it live tracking?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0DT1M2JQ7?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Link doesn't appear to work 🙄