Using the Ultra 21 to track your stolen auto.

[EODK9Trainer]

I know we can use the Apple Air Tag but this has its limitations. I looked into the Galaxy Smart Tag and you have to be within 130 yards per Samsung for it to work. Is there a product like the Apple Air Tag that will work with our phones? Wife and I are doing a cross country drive in a couple months and looking for that little piece of mind.

 

[SpookDroid]

No idea where you saw that info, but the tag works without the phone being nearby. That being said, just like Apple's, the Smart Tag uses Samsung's network (i.e. Samsung phones around) to get and send location data... If you're in the US, needless to say, the userbase of iDevices around is much larger than Samsung's. So, in less populated areas, an Apple Tag is more likely to be able to get and send data from phones around it than a Samsung one. But if you're in a larger metro area or fairly-populated areas, you should be fine (I live in San Diego and so far haven't had an issue getting a location ping for my dog and my keys using Samsung Smart Tags).

If you want better coverage, I'd go with the Smart Tag PLUS version (which can use an additional network, still powered by Samsung, but not just by their phones). In any case, they should still be cheaper than Apple's and work better with an Android device. Similarly, Tile sells 'device-agnostic' tags... They are, after all, the ones that made tags popular.

 

[EODK9Trainer]

I did a message contact with Samsung the other day with one of their product specialists. They are the ones who said it must be within 130 feet of a Samsung (Android?) and it made it sound like it had to be mine. But their command of the English language was horrible so maybe it was just worded incorrectly. I'll look at this Smart Tag Plus.

 

[spARTacus]

You could probably also buy a cheap sim card plan and put it into an older cheap phone, then hide that somewhere in the car (maybe also connected to an aux battery), and use find my phone. I have no idea how much that would cost, but some of the "trackers" used to be almost just as expensive as another phone.

 

[EODK9Trainer]

We no longer have any old phones. We've given them away or do the trade in for cheaper purchases of new phones. I'm also now looking at the TILE devices as we can use them on both my Android and her Apple.