I chanced on an article (in Spanish) about the "Tile Life360 Slim" card
for tracking objects.

<https://www.xataka.com/seleccion/parece-tarjeta-localizador-para-ios-android-delgado-que-se-puede-colocar-cartera-pasaporte>
*It looks like a card, but it's a tracker for iOS and Android
that's so thin you can put it in your wallet or passport.*
A water- and dust-resistant tracker with a battery
life of up to three years.


I noticed it says that it works both on Android and iOS. Ok, that's
good. But wait, does it work truly on both networks, without installing
any app, that is, by default?

The article doesn't clarify. So I searched for a review. Found one:

<https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/tile-slim-2024#>
Tile Slim (2024) Review


Oh, I didn't know it was from 2024. And the article says:

«It works with both Android and iOS devices and relies on Bluetooth and
the Tile Network for tracking your stuff.»


Ah! So it needs that people run the Tile app in background, which limits
its usability to a person moving around places where people run that app
(if you have it installed, it is bound to run). So it is not a device
that will work with both native networks of Android and iOS.

Sigh :-(


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Cheers, Carlos.

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"Carlos E.R." wrote:

I chanced on an article (in Spanish) about the "Tile Life360 Slim" card
for tracking objects.
Sigh 🙁

Yep, I've not found a tracker that I feel is worth buying yet ...

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Chris wrote:

Carlos E.R.wrote:

it needs that people run the Tile app in background, which limits
its usability to a person moving around places where people run that app

There are other options that will. Like the Pebblebee or Chipolo.

Beware ... I think both Pebblebee and Chipolo have older generation
devices that are proprietary, so look for devices that specifically
state they support the google "find my device" network, possibly renamed
again to "find hub"

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On 2025-08-26 18:02, Ed Cryer wrote:

Carlos E.R. wrote:

I chanced on an article (in Spanish) about the "Tile Life360 Slim"
card for tracking objects.

<https://www.xataka.com/seleccion/parece-tarjeta-localizador-para-ios-
android-delgado-que-se-puede-colocar-cartera-pasaporte>
    *It looks like a card, but it's a tracker for iOS and Android
    that's so thin you can put it in your wallet or passport.*
    A water- and dust-resistant tracker with a battery
    life of up to three years.


I noticed it says that it works both on Android and iOS. Ok, that's
good. But wait, does it work truly on both networks, without
installing any app, that is, by default?

The article doesn't clarify. So I searched for a review. Found one:

<https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/tile-slim-2024#>
Tile Slim (2024) Review


Oh, I didn't know it was from 2024. And the article says:

«It works with both Android and iOS devices and relies on Bluetooth
and the Tile Network for tracking your stuff.»


Ah! So it needs that people run the Tile app in background, which
limits its usability to a person moving around places where people run
that app (if you have it installed, it is bound to run). So it is not
a device that will work with both native networks of Android and iOS.

Sigh :-(

I read your post, and my first thought was "what about lots of other
things that get misplaced"?
Spectacles, plastic cards of all sorts, hats, umbrellas, kids' toys
(there's a scooter in some bushes near where I live!) etc.

A bit of googling led me to this site; a chip on glasses. https://www.amazon.co.uk/glasses-finder/s?k=glasses+finder

Beware of Big Brother Is Watching You!

Any of the Tile trackers would work. If the thing is in range, you can
order it to beep from the app. However, if it is far, for tracking it
you need some benevolent user of Tile passing nearby it.


When I visited Canada in 2023, my Tile device did not grab location,
except from my own phone.

--
Cheers, Carlos.

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