Originally Posted by
StuckInYYZ
I took one from my brother... It has potential but there is one flaw which I stated somewhere. You have to have both the software and a Samsung phone. If you could just use the software but not have a Samsung phone, I think it could take off. This is the same BS Apple is trying to pull with air tags. The name recognition is there vs Tile. The features set is there. Forcing people to use a Samsung device is dumb.
Completely agree, if Samsung allowed anyone to connect the trackers to the SmartThings app regardless of device manufacturer it would probably take off. Also, not only do you have to have a Samsung phone, it has to be a relatively new Galaxy S or higher. I tried with my kids A54 and it said not supported, same with the spare S8 I have sitting around.
Originally Posted by
Igene
I don't see Apple with the "same BS"... They have it linked to FindMy to keep it seamless and not as another service or app. Almost all users use FindMy and thus they opt into the network that includes AirTags. Smart move by Apple
When Airtags first came out there was no notification that everyone that had not disabled FindMy was being used to piggyback the tracking. That's why the user base is so much bigger for Apple. You can't disable tracking everyone else's stuff without losing the ability to track your own phone, laptop, tablet. How many Iphone users even now know that they are tracking everyone else's airtags for them? Half?