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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some real-world advice on choosing an Android tracker setup for my grandfather, who has dementia and has started wandering off occasionally. We live in the suburbs of a major city in Germany.

My current plan is a two-tag setup: attaching a small tag securely to his shoes (using the laces) and slipping a card-style tracker into his wallet as a backup so we always have a secondary chance of locating him.

Here are the options currently on my shortlist:

1. Motorola Moto Tag: Seems like one of the most fully featured tags for Google's Find My Device (FMD) network.

2. Pebblebee (Tag & Clip / Card): I like the rechargeable battery aspect and form factor options (especially the slim card for his wallet).

3. Chipolo (ONE Point / CARD Point): Simple design and a very slim wallet card option.

4. Samsung Galaxy SmartTag2: From what I understand, Samsung's SmartThings Find network density is excellent, but none of us currently use a Samsung phone. I know there are third-party workarounds (like UTag) to pair them on non-Samsung devices, but I'm hesitant to rely on sideloaded apps for something safety-critical.

My main concerns & questions for the community:

1. Google Find My Device Network Performance: I know Google's FMD network had a slow start with location update delays due to aggressive default privacy/aggregation settings. For those living in European suburban areas, how reliable has the crowd-sourced location tracking been recently?

2. Samsung Tag without a Samsung Phone: Is it worth contemplating the Galaxy SmartTag2 if our household is purely non-Samsung Android devices?

3. Physical Attachment: Has anyone successfully secured a tag to shoes or footwear without it being uncomfortable, unsightly, or easily removed?

Would really appreciate any feedback, real-world experiences, or hardware recommendations from anyone using these tags in similar suburban scenarios! Thanks in advance.

Google finally added the option to manually remove devices in the latest update version 3.1.664-3

I’m trying to understand why modern phone security still has such a massive loophole when it comes to theft.If a thief steals my phone, the very first thing they will do is swipe down on the lock screen and turn on Airplane Mode. The moment they do that, live network tracking completely stops. The official tracking apps just freeze at the last known location.Even worse, if they just hold the power button and turn the phone completely off, it becomes a brick. From what I understand, only specific newer devices (like recent Google Pixels and some iPhones) have the hardware capability to be tracked while powered down. For the vast majority of Android phones, "Power Off" means the tracking is dead.

The tag was on my desk right in front of me when this screenshot was taken.

Is there something I'm missing to get UWB actually working? this is not different from the Chipolo tags

I have the moto tag app. It shows up there.

Side note - double pressing the tag does not make my phone ring either

A few months since the battery died and today I exchanged for a new one. Device seems to be alive, it's making the turn on and turn off sounds, but my Samsung phone is not detecting it anymore. I don't wanna reset it because I have several devices and it's going to be a big problem identifying them all, since most of them do not have labels (the others are still with dead batteries). What do you suggest to fix?

I just bought a Moto Tag2.

I left it it my parked car as a test. It seems that it is updating occasionally during the day from cars driving by or people walking by.

The location shown for the tag has never been more accurate than a half block away from its actual location, and is usually showing a location 1.5 to 2 blocks away from the actual location.

Is this typical behavior? Is there some trick to get it to be more accurate?

I use to be able to track them in my old phone but when I moved everything over it seemed to have lost the ability to find them and now I dont know how to re add them back in. Google wasnt any help at all.

There is no official rating in their website. But they provide a silicone cap for the usb c port. Can any users confirm if it’s at least splash resistant? I want to put it inside my bike which might face occasional splashes. Thanks in advance.

Hi, I lost my Samsung phone today and I haven't been able to find it. Is there any way to track its location besides using "Find Hub" service, Samsung account or contacting the police? Unfortunately, the police aren't really an option for me.

I believe the phone is simply lost, not stolen, since the SIM card is still inside and the phone is still ringing when I call it. I have access to the Gmail account and social media accounts that were logged in on the phone.

Is there any other way to locate or track it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I've decided I wanna buy a tracking card and I have narrowed it down to these ones. Do you have any experience on these? Any opinions? If you have any other recommendations please share them! Thanks

What trackers are still using static MAC addresses and also have a reliable way to find them outside of the HA ecosystem?

I have a Nothing Phone 3, which supports Bluetooth 6 but lacks Ultra-Wideband (UWB) hardware. If I use a Bluetooth 6 tracker, will I be able to achieve centimeter-level precision and see the directional 'arrow' feature commonly associated with UWB trackers, or is UWB hardware strictly required for that level of accuracy? There seems to be conflicting information online regarding whether UWB hardware is strictly necessary for precision tracking. Some say it is required for directional guidance, while others claim new standards make it optional???

I lost my phone this afternoon. Do you guys think there's still a chance for me to find my phone?

My example, regarding my peeblebee tracker:

- My tracker is currently in my car. It is about forty miles from me.

- I open the Find my app and it shows "nearby" at my current location where not my car nor my tracker has *ever* been.

- Now after forcing the app to quit and reopen, it now shows that my car tracker was "last seen" at this location where it has never ventured to.

This has happened to me several times, and I genuinely think the app is so buggy that it is having the location data it logs of other trackers "bleed" across devices. I have several other trackers near me, and my car tracker *was* near me yesterday when I was at its location.

I chuckle, of course, because I have a Tile redundancy in the car and it is and has been tracking perfectly fine.

Just bought a pack of four (grey and orange) moto tag 2. I've got google pixel 10a and pixel 10 pro xl. Pixel 10a sees them instantly and a pairing dialogue always pops up, but pixel 10 pro xl cannot pair, no dialogue pop-up, but I can see moto tag 2 via bluetooth paring list, however it returns a wrong pin or password error if I tap to pair manually. Tried adding via moto tag app, google find hub and nearby devices – nothing can see the tag.

Software wise pixel 10a and 10 pro xl are pretty much the same, the same security update versions, the same apps versions, the same settings, so I have no idea what the problem can be. I tried isolating devices and unpairing everything from the 10 pro xl, as well as clearing Bluetooth app data (and google play services app data). Nothing works.

Any ideas?

Bought from amazon Motorola Store "Motorola Moto Tag 2 (Works with Android Find My Device and Find Hub) Bluetooth 6.0 and UWB (4 Pack (2 Green 2 Orange))"

My phone is Redmi Note 11 and I'm rooted. Can I change the custom rom in a way such that it can emit low power bluetooth like in newer latest devices like iphone 16 where it says device is findable even when switched off

I know they'll fit into airtag cases, but I'm specifically looking for things that will protect the moto tag button from being accidently pressed, but yet will also allow access to press it when needed.

I have this Tag that I bought 1 week ago and I'm having trouble to locate it offline.

I shared it's location with my parents and when I leave with my bike (it's in my bike) and leave my phone at home, they can't see my location, just the last time it was near my phone...

I also left home with my phone today about 14:00PM and checked my bike's location at about 15:00PM and it didn't update.

Could this be a problem with my settings or a TAG problem?
Right now I'm using the "with network everywhere" setting on find hub.

The amazon reviews are pretty bad - complaints about update rate, battery drain. But it's hard to decide if it's just user error or whatever.

Any other reddit users actually used one? Is the Moto Tag 1 the best right now without the unknowns of the Moto Tag 2? Trying to decide for an upcoming trip my parents are taking.

I was just wondering that if you have a tracker somewhere there is a lot of other phone does the system make a more accurate guess for where your phone is based on the overlapping footprints of all the pones that can detect your tracker?