cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/34586015
Curious on suggestions for airtags, or similar, for tracking important things on flights or other cases where losing the specific item would be too much of a financial / sentimental loss. Anyone doing this from Linux, or from graphene? How is it?
Which tag devices would you use?
Pebble bee I think? They’ve been fine. They’re rechargeable, which is nice.
Interesting! Looked through the Home Assistant forums and seems there is little to no support for them as a product.
I’m not sure what you mean by that, there’s a plugin that adds FindMy network support to Home Assistant that seems to be up to date. If you mean Google doesn’t support them, I’m also not sure what you mean by that. The app is on my phone, up to date, and tracking devices, same as the Apple network, just with Google devices. If your issue is Pebblebee, there are multiple different brands you can buy from depending on your needs, but generally, a tracker is a tracker.
As far as how well they work to track lost items, I’m honestly not sure, as I haven’t lost anything yet. They should be comparable to an Airtag, as they can ping off of all Android devices unless someone opts out.
Most tracker brands for Android only ping from phones that have their app installed. Not all Android devices. Since there is no brand that has an overwhelming market share that means the chance to find a lost Android tracker is much smaller than the apple ones. I have some, but I only trust them to find my keys within Bluetooth range.
I meant a Google FindMy compatible tracker, they ping off of all Android devices, I believe it’s opt-out to be a part of the network. It’s honestly a failure on Google’s part that so many don’t seem to be aware that Google has an alternative to AirTags.
There are tags for both Apple and Android that connect to their respective networks; and phones of the right network passing by will spot and announce locations.
This year there are trackers which will connect to either distinct network, albeit you can only choose once and it can’t switch without a factory reset. Those brands will have an overwhelming market share AND not require a branded app for daily use and recovery.
In the known universe, Android has 73% of the market. 73 is bigger than 27.
I can confirm you can find the right tags even when outside of BT range.
The chipolo Loop
The chipolo Card (not card One or card Spot; Card)
The Rhino key device leverages/licenses chipolo tech, uses its tools, and therefore
The Rhinokey Card (this is getting repetitive)
The chipolo app:
We have one Loop we’re testing, and it works as expected, right outta her S24 or so, and with my S10. She shares me the loop right outta Find My. She installed no app. We did not pair it with an iPhone as hers is a work phone.
We intend to get more Loops, and Cards for the parents and ourselves. The boomers are all on iPhones so it will be fun science.