Tile's refreshed Bluetooth trackers get increased range, louder ringers and enhanced durability

Shawn Knight

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In a nutshell: Tile is doubling down on the useful features its handy trackers provide, and it starts with the new Tile Pro. Tile’s most powerful tracker affords up to 400 feet of finding range and now features a new design to better accommodate its most common use case: alongside keys. It now resembles a key fob, and has been upgraded with an IP67 water-resistance rating, meaning it can be submerged in up to a meter of water for as long as 30 minutes.

The Tile Mate, Sticker and Slim have all been upgraded to 250 feet of finding range. All three additionally carry an IP67 rating, have a louder ringer and pack three-year, non-replaceable batteries.

These refreshed Tile units (save for the Sticker) now include a QR code on the back, allowing anyone who finds it to scan the code and get the owner’s contact information to help facilitate a return.

Tile is also looking to the future with a couple of new features in the works including addressing unwanted tracking with its upcoming Scan and Secure feature as well as Point and Locate AR-based finding on the Tile Ultra due out early next year.

Tile’s new Pro, Mate, Slim and Sticker trackers are available from today starting at just $24.99, and you can save even more with bundle discounts. A four pack of Tile Mate trackers, for example, will run you just $69.99, a nearly $30 discount over what you'd pay if you bought four individually.

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You'd want to be careful what information you associated with the QR code, especially if the Tile was on your key ring.
 
I brought -some cheap finder on amazon - for business and home - 6 tags , 2 finders - Been good as - good range , reliable , redundancy , flashing red for easy to replace cr2032- reasonable battery life - $24 - no tracking or needing other people to have same system on their phone .
Most phone tags useless in NZ - as so few users ( for that function ). NYC great - Kansas plains - no so much.
Mainly for the wife - and if staff lose valuable keys
 
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