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One thing missing on here. It doesn't work!!! Place that tracker away from your phone and it wont be detected by other Android devices on FMD. This is because FMD is not ready yet and everyone is now complaining that these things are just local Bluetooth trackers right now like a tile. I have two in the UK and can confirm this to be the case, at least here and from what i see in all the forums the same in the US and Canada. I'm happy to wait for FMD (Find My Device) network to kick in but wish i knew this before purchasing one. This is something Chipolo and other RUclips videos don't seem to be talking about for some reason
I observed that FMD is not preinstalled on android phones like Samsung, at least the one I have (a34). That's the first problem if you are expecting to find your tag from other phones. The second problem is that when I manually installed it, the default option was to share the location of the tracker only in crowded places so if you lose your keys somewhere else you want find them. I think Google should create an update for Android devices with FMD preinstalled and with default option to share the location if your phone is the only phone close to someone's tag. Else the tag will just work as the previous tags
I can confirm, not working here in Sweden either! I've been waiting one year to receive my devices and once they finally sent them, i thought was because the system was up and running, but it seems not to be.
I lost my wallet with Chipolo card, and thought it was in Paris. I had four tags. Two were near me including wallet (one which was under my seat on plane). Needless to say I would have not found it unless I had turned on the sound. In less than a month it has paid for itself. Thanks for this review!
Greece here. It's working. I left it in the car in crowded places and i got updates around every 15 minutes. You can't receive faster updates even if you left it next to another android device with the FMD Network sharing location option on
@@smbriggs Those were probably the old ones. The new ones aren't even available in stores yet and some are on backorder. They're explicitly advertised as working with Google's "Find My Device" network, without the Pebblebee app. This isn't the same as old trackers advertised as "works with Android".
They are not available outside the US without high delivery and customs fees though until the Chipolo which are dispatched from the EU to European customers
The Pebblebee card is 37.5% thicker that the Chipolo card. That makes sense because they need space for the usb-c charger, but it's still nice to have a thinner card for small wallets like the Secrid.
Great review! It's clear you really know your stuff. Unlike others who just highlight the specs, you actually test and evaluate the product. By the way, do you know if Tile will be joining Android's Find My Device network?
@@TrackThisNThatRUclips wont allow me to post a link to the article unfortunately there is also a press release titled Life360 Partners with Hubble Network to Build Global Location Tracking Network Aiming to Leapfrog Apple and Google
I'm a die hard Android user, specifically the SONY Xperia range but I recently bought a motorbike and needed some additional forms of security and tracking and so I ended up pairing my work phone which is Apple with one of the 3rd party tracking devices and it worked quite well, down to pinpoint accuracy. I hope Google can successfully and strongly rival Apple's dominance in this field. Airtags are expensive.
No infortunately, it comes preinstalled with recent phone but even there I don't think it's enabled by default. You have to explicitely opt-in to the network. Hopefully as those trackers get more popular more people will enable it, and the best would be if Google makes it opt-out instead of opt-in.
I know I'm nit-picking here, but it was driving me crazy to hear you refer to the new feature as Android "Find My". From the research I've done, eagerly awaiting these devices, it is clear that Google is branding their feature "Find My Device", to give a little distinction from Apple.
Yes you are correct, I've been doing "Apple" Find My stuff for the longest time so its going to take a while for me remember to say Find My Device. Plus the app is called Google Find My Device with a short display name of Find Device and a logo on products with works with Android Find My Device. All of those don't help. lol
Each review only tests the Bluetooth functions. no one shows test about a lost device over the fdm network. because it doesn't work, neither with Pebblebee nor with chipolo trackers.
Awesome video, I'm enthusiast of trackers and I have designed myself some using common Bluetooth modules, I'm curios about range of this new tracker, I suppose that it will be the same than Chipolo One, also will be interesting to compare with Pebblebee Clip for Android
I think you misunderstand the settings a bit when you explain them at 5:10. The setting with or without high-traffic area is not about your tag, it's about the phone. When the phone will share the location. That is to protect you from being followed. So if someone puts a tag on you, and your phone is the only android device around, or there are 2-3 more, like if you drive home or so on, your phone will not transmit the location of the tag, and the tag's location will be transmitted only if you are in a location with for example 10 more devices around you, like a public place. So this is not at all a setting for the tag, the tag itself will be trying to transmit as much as possible always, but the setting is when your phone will allow tags around to transmit trough your phone. So that's an important distinction. Otherwise thank you for the review! :)
Nice thought. But you are protected even in that case because you will receive a smartphone notification that you are being tracked and you have the option to make chipolo sound and find it
@@ampalaeo Yes, I understand the notification, but that's not the point I am making. I am talking about the setting he shows at 5:10. He makes it sound like this setting is referring to the tag's policy of operation, when actually this is a setting referring to the phone's policy of operation, and not the tag. There is a significant difference.
Yes, I know, I tried on a few phones. Its not my phones cause they worksgreat on trackers that I know that have NFC (airtag, aircard, autvos) so the Chipolo must not have it. I also know the iOS models of the Chipolo never had them. Do you have the newer Chipolo Point trackers to test it out?
Yes, I know, I tried on a few phones. Its not my phones cause they work great on trackers that I know that have NFC (airtag, aircard, autvos) so the Chipolo must not have it. I also know the iOS models of the Chipolo never had them. Do you have the newer Chipolo Point trackers to test it out?
I am thinking of preordering one of these to put on my cat´s collar.... they use the airtags on cat collars too so would this one also work? We live in a city so lots of traffic and mainly would be used as a "just in case" for when we go for a walk in the park and he would tor some reason manage to get away. He is also micro chipped and has a tag on his collar with his name and my phone number. But he is a sphynx breed so not all people who would find him might be as honest and return him to me. So it would be a extra failsafe to find him again quickly if anything like that would happen... any thoughts would be appreciated 😊
It seems you understand what bluetooth trackers are and what they are not. However I will always recommend a Pet GPS tracker with cellular communication first and then add an bluetooth tracker just in case. FYI, the same un honest people will remove/disable/throwaway any tracking device so finding your pet the fastest via a Pet GPS tracker before those people find your pet is well worth the cost and time to maintain them, if that's truly something you're worried about.
Are there separation alerts like on Tile? Disappointed that no QR codes on the back like Tile either. If an iPhone user finds it they have no way of getting it back to you 🥺
No QR code or separation alerts 11:55, and as of right no I can't find a way for android users to get it back either - 10:50 beside obviously the owner finding you via location data.
Wow... That's concerning. I'm all in on tile atm and pay for premium subscription. Got 5 tiles for keys, wallet, ID pass, rucksack and travel pass, use their stickers with QR codes to add to my laptop and gym water bottles. Separation alerts and QR codes are deal breakers for me. I've ordered a chipolo to test but at very least it needs a QR code on the back. I've read the Eufy ones should have a QR code when they drop in June so fingers crossed they do
I'm more concerned about Google Find Device app not having a way yet for people who physically finds a tracker and the left behind feature. Simply cause the QR code can be added by the user to any tracker very easily. Sure it might not be as user friendly as Tile's but your own QR code will get the job done. Ive also easily make copies of the Tile sticker QR code to place on addtional accessories. Of course, only their's work in the app to set it up, but you can still make copies of the orginal after the setup.
@@TrackThisNThat left behind is the same as separation alerts. On Tile premium, once your device breaks ties with tracker it will let you know. So if you leave something at home which I've done many times when I'm out of range it will tell me I left my ID pass at home for example and I'll go back. Often we don't realise we have lost something until hours later and then it's difficult to find. A notification pretty much straight away has been super helpful. At the moment for me this can't replace tile. If I'm having to stick the tile sticker QR codes on the back of things because these new tracks don't have them, then it defeats the purpose for me. Google had a year delay on this launch and between them and their partners couldn't get it write. These clowns haven't even rolled out the network internationally yet, I'm still waiting for it in the UK 🙄
Yes, I agree the "left-behind" feature (separation alert) is a must-have. Every brand calls it something different. The old separation alert actually involved a disconnection of the Bluetooth but it caused a lot of false alarms. Today's separation feature uses much more, including algorithms, to ensure you actually left something behind. I'm sure Google is working on it, as it took Apple some time to bring that feature to Find My/AirTags as well. I've been using and reviewing Tiles since 2013-14 and I've always found Tile to have the furthest notification distance of any tracker with that feature. Don't get me wrong, the alert wasn't very far, but it was the farthest when compared to others with the same feature. Plus, Tile charges for it while no other brand makes their customers pay for that feature. Tiles are great, but unless they start working with Google Find My Device like they teased, they are going to lose even more market share.
I've been using it for two weeks and it's REALLY bad. First, on your keys it beeps all day long. Very sensitive to presses and very loud. Second, it seriously doesn't even work half the time! Do NOT buy this.
BTW: I forgot to mention don't go into any of the addtional information screens during the setup. Google needs to fix that as it stops the setup but the tracker (I'm assuming) thinks its waiting on the app to finish but never does. I had to do a hard reset on reset on the tracker to stop the process, reboot the phone, and then start over without going into the information screens. You can read the infomation screens after the setup just not during. Here's how to reset the tracker - support.chipolo.net/hc/en-us/articles/360019994757-Chipolo-ONE-Spot-instruction-manual-English?aff=Mdfm (about half way down. works on both models) I hope that helps.
@@TrackThisNThat the location will not work longer, if i am nearby with my smartphone then works, if i am out of range i cannot locate the tracker, i almost tried everything, i cannot locate it
@@user-qq2xw8df4r Did you watch, listen, and understand the video? I talked about these being Bluetooth trackers, NOT GPS trackers with cellular communication, which means an ANDROID smartphone nearby is REQUIRED!
It’s works the same as an airtag just with Android phones. NEITHER is live! NEITHER has GPS! BOTH have to have phones near by to work and location updates are Algorithmic and not time based like most GPS trackers with cellular communication.
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That funny google rolseout.
Hope google realse proper tags
One thing missing on here.
It doesn't work!!!
Place that tracker away from your phone and it wont be detected by other Android devices on FMD.
This is because FMD is not ready yet and everyone is now complaining that these things are just local Bluetooth trackers right now like a tile.
I have two in the UK and can confirm this to be the case, at least here and from what i see in all the forums the same in the US and Canada.
I'm happy to wait for FMD (Find My Device) network to kick in but wish i knew this before purchasing one.
This is something Chipolo and other RUclips videos don't seem to be talking about for some reason
I observed that FMD is not preinstalled on android phones like Samsung, at least the one I have (a34). That's the first problem if you are expecting to find your tag from other phones.
The second problem is that when I manually installed it, the default option was to share the location of the tracker only in crowded places so if you lose your keys somewhere else you want find them.
I think Google should create an update for Android devices with FMD preinstalled and with default option to share the location if your phone is the only phone close to someone's tag. Else the tag will just work as the previous tags
I can confirm, not working here in Sweden either! I've been waiting one year to receive my devices and once they finally sent them, i thought was because the system was up and running, but it seems not to be.
Works fine I was able to find my smartwatch even though I was sitting just a foot away. No more hating the Apple Airtags😊
I lost my wallet with Chipolo card, and thought it was in Paris. I had four tags. Two were near me including wallet (one which was under my seat on plane). Needless to say I would have not found it unless I had turned on the sound. In less than a month it has paid for itself. Thanks for this review!
Easy to install app on the phone as well.
Fantastic overview. Thanks for putting this together. You answered all of my questions. Eager to get my hands on these trackers!
I would wait if I was you
Great video. I went to the Play store and DLed the app. Works as advertized with no in app purchases 😅
Greece here. It's working. I left it in the car in crowded places and i got updates around every 15 minutes. You can't receive faster updates even if you left it next to another android device with the FMD Network sharing location option on
Thanks for the promo code. Just ordered mine. Hope to get them soon
Youre very welcome. Thanks for watching
The Pebblebee trackers are the same profile, are rechargeable, similar price, and have over twice the range. No reason to buy Chipolo trackers at all.
I tried the Pebblebee and the card kept reporting that it was lost when it was in the wallet, 1 foot from my phone. I returned all 3.
@@smbriggs Those were probably the old ones. The new ones aren't even available in stores yet and some are on backorder. They're explicitly advertised as working with Google's "Find My Device" network, without the Pebblebee app. This isn't the same as old trackers advertised as "works with Android".
They are not available outside the US without high delivery and customs fees though until the Chipolo which are dispatched from the EU to European customers
The Pebblebee card is 37.5% thicker that the Chipolo card. That makes sense because they need space for the usb-c charger, but it's still nice to have a thinner card for small wallets like the Secrid.
Great review! It's clear you really know your stuff. Unlike others who just highlight the specs, you actually test and evaluate the product. By the way, do you know if Tile will be joining Android's Find My Device network?
No they aren't been reported they changed their mind and will set up a new satellite network next year with new trackers
Thank you. I try my best to give the best though review. I haven't heard anything about Tile besides the Google Keynote a year or two ago.
@hakdaddy, interesting. I haven't heard anything. Have you seen offical infomation on this?
@@TrackThisNThatRUclips wont allow me to post a link to the article unfortunately there is also a press release titled Life360 Partners with Hubble Network to Build Global Location Tracking Network Aiming to Leapfrog Apple and Google
Awesome. Mine are being delivered next week
Nice!! Enjoy! What type of Android phone do you have?
I'm a die hard Android user, specifically the SONY Xperia range but I recently bought a motorbike and needed some additional forms of security and tracking and so I ended up pairing my work phone which is Apple with one of the 3rd party tracking devices and it worked quite well, down to pinpoint accuracy.
I hope Google can successfully and strongly rival Apple's dominance in this field. Airtags are expensive.
What if I never installed "find my device" on my android? Will my phone be able to participate in crowd sourcing?
No infortunately, it comes preinstalled with recent phone but even there I don't think it's enabled by default. You have to explicitely opt-in to the network.
Hopefully as those trackers get more popular more people will enable it, and the best would be if Google makes it opt-out instead of opt-in.
Pebblebee for android review please 🤓🙏
It's coming.
@@TrackThisNThat can't wait 🥳🥳🥳🥳
I know I'm nit-picking here, but it was driving me crazy to hear you refer to the new feature as Android "Find My". From the research I've done, eagerly awaiting these devices, it is clear that Google is branding their feature "Find My Device", to give a little distinction from Apple.
Yes you are correct, I've been doing "Apple" Find My stuff for the longest time so its going to take a while for me remember to say Find My Device. Plus the app is called Google Find My Device with a short display name of Find Device and a logo on products with works with Android Find My Device. All of those don't help. lol
Each review only tests the Bluetooth functions. no one shows test about a lost device over the fdm network. because it doesn't work, neither with Pebblebee nor with chipolo trackers.
Awesome video, I'm enthusiast of trackers and I have designed myself some using common Bluetooth modules, I'm curios about range of this new tracker, I suppose that it will be the same than Chipolo One, also will be interesting to compare with Pebblebee Clip for Android
Thank you. Yeah on paper its the same but I'll see in the "Max" distance test. I'll be checking out the PebbleBee Clip for Android too.
Many thanks
You are welcome
I would like to see how good those trackers works if you lost it in a forest where not many people walking past through
It’s a Bluetooth tracker so it’s unlikely.
That's my problem, my wife wanders and we are surrounded by county park so no network to tap 😞
Hello, would this be a good alternative for attaching to a bike, in case it gets stolen ?
No, bluetooth trackers are NOT designed for "Stolen" items!
There's one on Amazon that looks like a bike bell 😅
I think you misunderstand the settings a bit when you explain them at 5:10. The setting with or without high-traffic area is not about your tag, it's about the phone. When the phone will share the location. That is to protect you from being followed. So if someone puts a tag on you, and your phone is the only android device around, or there are 2-3 more, like if you drive home or so on, your phone will not transmit the location of the tag, and the tag's location will be transmitted only if you are in a location with for example 10 more devices around you, like a public place. So this is not at all a setting for the tag, the tag itself will be trying to transmit as much as possible always, but the setting is when your phone will allow tags around to transmit trough your phone. So that's an important distinction. Otherwise thank you for the review! :)
Nice thought. But you are protected even in that case because you will receive a smartphone notification that you are being tracked and you have the option to make chipolo sound and find it
@@ampalaeo Yes, I understand the notification, but that's not the point I am making. I am talking about the setting he shows at 5:10. He makes it sound like this setting is referring to the tag's policy of operation, when actually this is a setting referring to the phone's policy of operation, and not the tag. There is a significant difference.
@@kanovskiI agree
people who find them are supposed to "tap" them to their phones, meaning it uses NFC and then probably brings up a link with your message
Yes, I know, I tried on a few phones. Its not my phones cause they worksgreat on trackers that I know that have NFC (airtag, aircard, autvos) so the Chipolo must not have it. I also know the iOS models of the Chipolo never had them. Do you have the newer Chipolo Point trackers to test it out?
@@TrackThisNThat huh that's weird then. Ordered mine but they're only shipping in two weeks, I'll test them asap when I get them
scan the card with your phone NFC , this is how the message with pop up
Yes, I know, I tried on a few phones. Its not my phones cause they work great on trackers that I know that have NFC (airtag, aircard, autvos) so the Chipolo must not have it. I also know the iOS models of the Chipolo never had them. Do you have the newer Chipolo Point trackers to test it out?
I am thinking of preordering one of these to put on my cat´s collar.... they use the airtags on cat collars too so would this one also work?
We live in a city so lots of traffic and mainly would be used as a "just in case" for when we go for a walk in the park and he would tor some reason manage to get away.
He is also micro chipped and has a tag on his collar with his name and my phone number. But he is a sphynx breed so not all people who would find him might be as honest and return him to me. So it would be a extra failsafe to find him again quickly if anything like that would happen... any thoughts would be appreciated 😊
It seems you understand what bluetooth trackers are and what they are not. However I will always recommend a Pet GPS tracker with cellular communication first and then add an bluetooth tracker just in case. FYI, the same un honest people will remove/disable/throwaway any tracking device so finding your pet the fastest via a Pet GPS tracker before those people find your pet is well worth the cost and time to maintain them, if that's truly something you're worried about.
Are there separation alerts like on Tile? Disappointed that no QR codes on the back like Tile either. If an iPhone user finds it they have no way of getting it back to you 🥺
No QR code or separation alerts 11:55, and as of right no I can't find a way for android users to get it back either - 10:50 beside obviously the owner finding you via location data.
Wow... That's concerning. I'm all in on tile atm and pay for premium subscription. Got 5 tiles for keys, wallet, ID pass, rucksack and travel pass, use their stickers with QR codes to add to my laptop and gym water bottles. Separation alerts and QR codes are deal breakers for me. I've ordered a chipolo to test but at very least it needs a QR code on the back. I've read the Eufy ones should have a QR code when they drop in June so fingers crossed they do
I'm more concerned about Google Find Device app not having a way yet for people who physically finds a tracker and the left behind feature. Simply cause the QR code can be added by the user to any tracker very easily. Sure it might not be as user friendly as Tile's but your own QR code will get the job done. Ive also easily make copies of the Tile sticker QR code to place on addtional accessories. Of course, only their's work in the app to set it up, but you can still make copies of the orginal after the setup.
@@TrackThisNThat left behind is the same as separation alerts. On Tile premium, once your device breaks ties with tracker it will let you know. So if you leave something at home which I've done many times when I'm out of range it will tell me I left my ID pass at home for example and I'll go back. Often we don't realise we have lost something until hours later and then it's difficult to find. A notification pretty much straight away has been super helpful. At the moment for me this can't replace tile. If I'm having to stick the tile sticker QR codes on the back of things because these new tracks don't have them, then it defeats the purpose for me. Google had a year delay on this launch and between them and their partners couldn't get it write. These clowns haven't even rolled out the network internationally yet, I'm still waiting for it in the UK 🙄
Yes, I agree the "left-behind" feature (separation alert) is a must-have. Every brand calls it something different. The old separation alert actually involved a disconnection of the Bluetooth but it caused a lot of false alarms. Today's separation feature uses much more, including algorithms, to ensure you actually left something behind. I'm sure Google is working on it, as it took Apple some time to bring that feature to Find My/AirTags as well. I've been using and reviewing Tiles since 2013-14 and I've always found Tile to have the furthest notification distance of any tracker with that feature. Don't get me wrong, the alert wasn't very far, but it was the farthest when compared to others with the same feature. Plus, Tile charges for it while no other brand makes their customers pay for that feature. Tiles are great, but unless they start working with Google Find My Device like they teased, they are going to lose even more market share.
I've been using it for two weeks and it's REALLY bad. First, on your keys it beeps all day long. Very sensitive to presses and very loud. Second, it seriously doesn't even work half the time! Do NOT buy this.
Just received. It not works 👎 already contacted the Support
BTW: I forgot to mention don't go into any of the addtional information screens during the setup. Google needs to fix that as it stops the setup but the tracker (I'm assuming) thinks its waiting on the app to finish but never does. I had to do a hard reset on reset on the tracker to stop the process, reboot the phone, and then start over without going into the information screens. You can read the infomation screens after the setup just not during. Here's how to reset the tracker - support.chipolo.net/hc/en-us/articles/360019994757-Chipolo-ONE-Spot-instruction-manual-English?aff=Mdfm (about half way down. works on both models) I hope that helps.
@@TrackThisNThat the location will not work longer, if i am nearby with my smartphone then works, if i am out of range i cannot locate the tracker, i almost tried everything, i cannot locate it
@@user-qq2xw8df4r Did you watch, listen, and understand the video? I talked about these being Bluetooth trackers, NOT GPS trackers with cellular communication, which means an ANDROID smartphone nearby is REQUIRED!
Of course i Know that even when i android phone is nearby isnt work
@@TrackThisNThatWhat about last know location?! E.g. if I left tracker in the forrest? How frequently my phone is pinging tracker?
So if I attach it to my cat, Google Find My won't show a live location of my cat out and about in the street like with the apple tag?
It’s works the same as an airtag just with Android phones. NEITHER is live! NEITHER has GPS! BOTH have to have phones near by to work and location updates are Algorithmic and not time based like most GPS trackers with cellular communication.
I wish it would not be attached to Nest. I believe more people have an Alexa.