To check your map:

• Open the Tile app.
• Tap on the Tile you want to locate.
• Tap Options, and then Location History to see your Tile’s last known approximate location.
• Tap the bubble representing your Tile to get walking or driving directions to the location.

Tile Premium costs $29.99 a year or $2.99 a month and covers an unlimited number of Tiles. Users can sign up through their iOS app or the Tile website. An Android version is coming soon.

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So he decided a fun project would be to put a Tile in his wife’s car to track it. Given that it’s using Bluetooth, the range isn’t great for car tracking, but the Tile’s app can network with other user’s apps to widen the search area. You’ll be surprised what you can find by hacking these small tracking devices.

It’s easy to keep track of your pet at home or on-the-go with Tile. When you can’t locate your pet or they aren’t responding to your calls, simply click “Find” in the Tile app on your mobile device to make the Tile ring. You can follow the sound of the ringing in your home, and you’ll be able to find your pet.

You do not need any kind of network connection (cell data or WiFi) in order to: Ring your Tile, using Bluetooth only. Access the map to see your Tile’s last known location.

Your Tile uses Bluetooth to make a connection with your device. Whenever a person who is running the Tile app on their phone passes within range of your Tile, their device will automatically and anonymously update your app with your Tile’s most recent location. …

It’s our massive “lost and found” network, powered by Tile app users and access points, that can anonymously find a lost or misplaced Tile when it’s outside of Bluetooth range.

Tile is a tiny Bluetooth-enabled tracker and companion app that allows you to locate your items, fast. If you’re out of Bluetooth range, the Tile app remembers the last place you had your things and even shows you where they are on a map. If you still can’t find your lost item, use Tile’s Community Find feature.

The moment someone running the Tile app passes by your missing Tile, you will immediately receive an email and in-app notification showing you where your Tile was located. You’ll also have the option to anonymously thank whoever helped find your Tile.

Find My Phone with Tile

• First, make sure that the Tile app is running in the background of your phone, and that your phone is in range of your Tiles.
• Next, quickly double press the Tile button to make your phone ring.
• You’ll see a notification on the lock screen of your mobile device, letting you know which Tile you rang your device from.

Tile can keep track of moving objects, but your family members’ safety is top of mind. For this reason, Tile is not recommended for keeping track of children or people, but is best utilized to locate objects such as a child’s jacket.

That worry or fear, combined with the innovation of GPS trackers and other monitoring devices, can make it tempting to track the non-custodial parent when they have custody of the children. This is completely illegal in the state of California.

Attach, stick, or place Tiles inside everyday items and keep track of them in an easy-to-use app. The app allows you to ring lost items just like you’d call a lost phone. If your Tile is within the 100-foot bluetooth range, it will play a tune until you find it.

Tile makes car tracking affordable and easy. Keep it running in the background on your phone, and you have access to all sorts of great car tracking features. As long as you’re in Bluetooth range of your car, you can tap the “Find” feature on the app to make your Tile ring.

Tile Premium is an unnecessary expense for most people, but Premium Protect may be worth the investment if you’re tracking something valuable. Setting up any Tile is simple: Instead of having to go into your phone’s Settings menu to add the Tile, the Tile app (Android, iOS) handles everything.

If you’ve got a Tile, this means there’s no reason to turn off your Bluetooth. You’ll still get decent battery life while keeping track of your pets, remotes, and other important things. To learn more about how Tile works, read the FAQs in our Help Center.

When you ring your Tile Mate to try to find it, it’s maximum volume is 119 decibels (dB), almost 30 dB louder than the Chipolo (and almost 40dB louder than the previous-generation Mate). While you certainly shouldn’t submerge your Tile, it’s still better protected than the Chipolo if you take your things around water.

The device pairs securely via Bluetooth, which does not require a password. The only time someone can view your Tile is if you have shared it with them on the Tile app.

A Tile does not contain a GPS unit or a cellular radio and cannot provide continuous automatic location updates. Therefore it is not a good solution for real-time tracking of moving objects.

Bluetooth tracking is used by services like Tile to help you track down lost gadgets, measuring the strength of the signal emitted by the tracker. The system works, but is only accurate to between one and 10 meters (3.2 and 32 feet) due to how Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) currently works.

While the app is running on your device, it periodically transmits your Location Information. This allows us to show you, on your map, the last place your Tile was seen by your device (“Last Place Seen”).

Yes! As of app version 2.25, you can ring a Tile from any device logged into your Tile account!

Yes! Just make sure both devices have the most up-to-date Tile app version. A shared Tile can be rang by either user’s phone, as long as one of them is connected to the Tile. One user can ring a Tile at a time, so feel free to take turns and check it out!

No monthly fee, but there’s no way to replace the battery, so to keep using the Tile system you’d have to buy new Tiles about once a year. No monthly fee. Their app is free to use; all you pay for is their physical product and any of their accessories.

If you want to add another Tile device to your Tile account, select the plus sign on the top left of the Tile App. Adding the Tile device is extremely easy- just press down the ‘e’ on the Tile until you hear some music and make sure the Tile is near the Apple iPhone 6.

The app will work on most devices running Android 4.4 or higher and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE 4.0). However, the app has been optimized for the Samsung Galaxy S5, LG Nexus 4, LG Nexus 5, HTC One, and HTC One M8. The company says it’s planning to add support for more Android devices in the future.