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Moto Tag officially goes on sale: It's basically a good Air Tag clone (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TL;DR

  • The Moto Tag is now on sale directly through Motorola.
  • Individual units will run you $29, while a four-pack is $99.
  • The new Moto Tag is backward compatible with Air Tag accessories and even supports UWB.
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

And what's the network like? Are there many devices out there reporting the position of those tags? Or is it just Motorola devices with their 5% market share?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It runs on Google's Find My device network. All android smartphones which support the latest location reporting are supported. Though, how it works in practice can be different.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I thought that wasn't launched yet? Do they backport and enable that per default to compete with the mass of iPhones, or is it going to be a rare occurence that a tracker gets reported?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have a pebblebee, which uses the FMD network.

It's pretty obvious that the network isn't as robust as Apple's. I expect it'll improve.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully but probably not as it seems everyone online wants to disable or turn off the initial minimal setting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I know that's the general sentiment for online discourse. I think it amounts to a rounding error in terms of total population. I'm confident it'll improve. Maybe never be better than airtags... But I expect better than now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Good luck. Don’t think it we’ll ever be better unless Google changes the default.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It should be compatible on most android smartphones running the latest version of play services. The default should work for lost smartphones and items in high traffic areas. So, tracking in low density areas may be spotty.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

How do I check if I have the latest location reporting support? And then turn it off?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Launch the Find My Device app. Click your avatar and click find my device settings. You should network options and the granularity with to enable or disable the option.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I do not have that app. I thought it was baked into google services which I haven't 100% gotten rid of, still on OEM and not lineage or graphene.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Search the settings. Or install from play store for a convinient shortcut.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Oh so useless. Since Googles find my is useless.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Theoretically good as it could use any android device with Google services installed - in practice not as good as airtags as Google made it opt-in and nobody ever changes default settings