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Old Dec 28, 2018 | 7:39 pm
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Originally Posted by freecia
There are bluetooth trackers which can locate a device within bluetooth range and make a tone upon request via app. One of the well known ones is Tile and they recently updated their basic Tiles to accept a user-replaceable coin battery.

https://support.thetileapp.com/hc/en...oes-Tile-work-

Bluetooth trackers are likely good enough for the house, probably not suitable for luggage tracking due to range limitations. More on luggage trackers here: [Consolidated]: Luggage Tracking Solutions (was: Trakdot to help you track your...)
Tile has a cloud mode that has a chance of finding your lost luggage. With the death of Trakdot and the user-replaceable batteries in Tile I'm going to equip our luggage before our next trip.
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