Tile trackers have a strange reputation. For one, they have long been Apple’s main competitor. aviation label Bluetooth tracker. At the same time, the tags have also been accused of facilitating tracking, even more so than Apple’s ultra-popular trackers. Device ManufacturerLife360’s Latest tile tracker There’s now a button to alert your friends when something “goes wrong.”
The new tracker has a multi-function button that can alert the user’s friends if something “goes wrong” and an SOS feature in the Tile app. Press the button three times and it will send a notification describing your emergency to designated contacts in the Life360 app. If you want a smart device that can contact emergency services for you without having to call 911, you’ll need to pay $15 or $25 per month for a Gold or Platinum Life360 app subscription. These subscriptions also give you free trackers and other benefits such as crash detection.
The company has launched its first new tracker since Life360 first acquired the brand in 2021. These include the $25 Tile Mate and the $35 Tile Pro, which have a ringer of 500 feet of range compared to the previous Pro’s 400-foot range. There’s also an additional wallet-sized Tile Slim and $25 Tile stickers. As the name suggests, the sticker can allegedly be placed on anything and allow for Bluetooth tracking of just about anything.
Where have you ever wanted to track? Have you put down your power bank? Stickers may be a good option. All of these will be available starting Monday. The SOS feature looks interesting, but despite the new built-in panic functionality, it doesn’t stop people from criticizing it. Tile’s anti-tracking efforts are pretty lax.
Tile worked intermittently to thwart the pursuers. The company launched Anti-tracking software Back to 2022. The company then implemented another feature that allowed users Make their tags invisible, Hide trackers from being scanned by themselves. To enable invisible trackers, users provide biometric data and agree to potentially face a $1 million lawsuit if convicted of stalking. At the time, Life360 claimed the loophole in its anti-tracking initiative was to help users recover stolen items.
“Unlike competitors like Airtags and upcoming products that are compatible with the Google Find My Device network, Tile will not alert thieves if they use our trackers to steal items,” Tile said in its Anti-Theft Mode press release claimed in.
Last year, two women in Texas said they were tracked with the help of Tile trackers File a class action lawsuit Against the Corporation. Two alleged stalking victims claim that tracker manufacturers “explicitly or implicitly market their products with the intent of tracking people — especially women.” In response, Tile said it does not condone tracking practices by trackers and Will cooperate with law enforcement when such cases occur. The company also claimed at the time that it had received no reports of abuse of its anti-theft mode. that case The case is still ongoing, and Thiel’s lawyers have argued that the case should go to arbitration.
So the new label still won’t help anyone worried that they’re being hunted with the help of a Tile tracker. Still, for many people (particularly women) who fear electronic tracking, it can be a substantial, albeit incredibly ironic, peace of mind.
