Samsung may soon come out with a Bluetooth-based tracker to give Tile a race for their money.
People with sharp eyes a 91 mobiles saw on Friday images of Samsung’s alleged tracker posted by the NCC certification authority, where it appears as the Samsung Galaxy SmartTag. Similar to Tile’s smart trackers and Apple’s rumored ones AirTags, reportedly uses Bluetooth to connect to other devices so you can find them in those frantic times when you swear the damn things must have sprouted your legs and left you alone.
The Samsung tracker features a small hole in the corner for easy connection to a cord, cord, or keyring and would work with a replaceable button battery, according to the outlines of a regulatory file discovered by GSMArena earlier this month.
Rumors have been circulating for some time that Samsung is working on a Tile competitor, but this leak is our first look at the look of the finished product. It also seems to confirm the nickname of Galaxy SmartTag, a name that refers to the code of Samsung’s SmartThings app that was seen earlier this week. Images buried deep inside the code look like icons for the crawler, probably for some kind of user interface. One of the images contains the description “it will help you track objects like wallets, keys, headphones and more,” presumably in reference to Samsung’s as yet unconfirmed tracking.
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The company did not immediately respond to Gizmodo’s request for comment. But with Samsung it seems to be preparing to announce next January its next line of smartphones, the Galaxy S21 series 14, we will likely receive an update of Galaxy SmartTags then and possibly even a release date. 91 Mobile speculates that it could cost 1,300 rupees, approximatelyabout $ 18, which seems reasonable enough. Especially if you have a replaceable battery, a feature that Tile has only recently begun to incorporate into its line. Throwing an entire device just for an exhausted battery never made much sense in the first place and I’m sure the planet will appreciate less electronic waste thrown in the fast growing stack.