This rival for Android airtags finally got the only large function that is missing
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- The Moto Tag finally supports Ultra-Wideband Tracking
- This brings the Android Find Hub Tracker on the same footing with Apple’s AirTags
- Not a word about when other Hub -Trackers will support UWB
Google’s Find Hub – earlier Find my device – has been a fairly competent Android – alternative for the always useful Apple thinks my Service, with both the Android and iOS options that help you find your missing technology. But so far, Google’s service lacked an important function: ultra-wide band finding.
Find hub can help you find your phone, headphones, compatible Bluetooth trackers and even good friends and family, all from one app. If you have not used the service (admitted, it can feel a bit hidden behind the better-known Android apps from Google), it is a handy one-stop finding store that you want to add to your home screen.
However, it has one of them AppleThe nuclear benefits of his Find My Service: Ultra-Wideband Tracking.
With this improved variant of Bluetooth tracking, your phone can follow the precise location of the tag more accurately. Instead of simply being further or closer to the missing tag, the app can give you much more precisely instructions and distances thanks to UWB. But so far no find Hub devices UWB offered as an option.
Now, finally, the Moto -Tag does this thanks to a firmware update, as spotted by Android Police. Once installed via the Moto -Tag -App (which is currently through the Play shop), You can start the Find Hub app and the updated tracker can be discovered via UWB.
You also need a high -quality smartphone. Although a few year old devices support UWB, the function is exclusively for premium models such as the Google Pixel 6 Pro, and Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus and Ultra. The standard flagships unfortunately lack the function for now.
Hopefully, since other UWB trackers arrive for Android, there is more reason for budget-friendly devices to support this. For now, Moto’s Tag seems to be the only UWB device that is supported by Find Hub.
In addition to UWB, Google’s Find Hub is also set to get support to keep track of some devices using satellites “later this year” (via Google’s blog), Make the service even more useful than it is currently. That would not only make the service catch up with Apple, but effectively take the lead.
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