The Verge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Tile has officially announced its first ultra-wideband (UWB) tracking tag, the Tile Ultra, coming in 2022 and which Tile claims is the first tracking tag from any company to offer UWB support on both Android and iOS. The Ultra will also offer an augmented-reality mode to easily directly you straight to your missing tracker.

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

Tile has announced that it’ll be launching support for Amazon Sidewalk — the company’s local, Bluetooth network — on June 14th, allowing Amazon’s Echo devices to strengthen Tile’s network. Additionally, Tile is expanding support for Amazon’s Echo smart speakers by allowing users to see the Echo device to which the missing tag is closest.

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The Verge

APRIL 7, 2021

The first Bluetooth tracker that can work with Apple’s vast Find My Bluetooth network of iPhones, iPads, and Macs is here. That’s potentially an upgrade for anyone who already uses Apple products, given that a Bluetooth tracking tag is only as effective as the number of users who are on the same network.

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The Verge

JANUARY 14, 2021

Alongside the new Galaxy S21 phones and Galaxy Buds Pro, Samsung is announcing a small Bluetooth gadget you can use for locating lost items, just like Tile. It’s a small Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) dongle you attach via a key ring. Samsung says that a UWB version of the device, called Tag+, will arrive later this year.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2021

Well, in addition to some other historic milestones, somewhere in the top 100 hits of the year will be the introduction of smart tracker tags from two major mobile device manufacturers: Samsung and Apple. Tracking tags have been around for a while now, and Tile has been the best-known brand in the space.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The majority of phone users simply go about their day with GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cellular data switched on all day. These radios are being tracked and tagged by marketers, telecom companies and individuals in an effort to resell that data to parties willing to pay.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

One technology that has raised particular concerns is personal Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) trackers. As the world becomes increasingly digitized, our personal privacy and even physical safety are under threat from a variety of sources.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 14, 2021

The event featured an overhauled trio of smartphones, a pair of intelligent wireless earbuds, and Samsung’s own “one more thing,” the long-rumored Bluetooth item-tracking Smart Tags (beating Apple to the punch). Samsung kicked off 2021, and interrupted CES, with its live-streamed product launch, Galaxy Unpacked. Let’s… Read more.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Tile popularized marking items and tracking them from your phone with its small Bluetooth tags, but is suddenly facing more competition from giants like Apple, Amazon, Google, and Samsung. Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge.

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GeekWire

APRIL 18, 2023

Alaska Airlines’ new iPad-based bag tag stations will let passengers scan their boarding passes rather than manually enter codes. For example, the iPad-based bag tag stations will also scan the barcodes on paper boarding passes. It now takes between 8 and 10 minutes, on average, Jain said. ”

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The Verge

MARCH 4, 2021

But ahead of that, there’s a new tool that will let anybody make their own Bluetooth tracking tag to use with the Find My network so they can track its location. OpenHaystack works via a custom Mac app that can be used to track the location of custom tags that you create. Image: OpenHaystack. The code is untested and incomplete.

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The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

The most obvious candidate here is Tile , the popular maker of square Bluetooth trackers you can attach to your wallet or keys. The Find My app, originally called Find My iPhone, relies on a series of signals like internet connectivity and GPS-powered location services, as well as Bluetooth, to locate lost devices on a map.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The company behind the $399 Nuraphone Bluetooth hearing-correcting headphones have made a new gaming microphone accessory that effectively makes the wireless headphones wired. Once it’s plugged in (and after you’ve updated the Nuraphone app), the Bluetooth headphones effectively become a wired gaming headset.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The 42mm Connected Calibre E4 (left) and the 45mm model (right) | Image: Tag Heuer. Tag Heuer has officially debuted its fourth-generation of luxury Wear OS-powered smartwatches, the Connected Calibre E4 series, offering a faster and more powerful processor, longer battery life, an improved displays, and additional software features.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2021

Samsung’s Galaxy SmartTag Plus, the souped-up version of the company’s Tile-like SmartTag Bluetooth tracker (which was released earlier this year), now has a release date: it’ll be out on April 16th for $39.99. The UWB radio actually enables a new AR mode, which can help show users exactly where their missing tag is.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This feature has been available on modern Xbox Series X / S controller since their launch last year, but the new firmware update brings this option to Xbox One controllers with Bluetooth support and the Xbox Elite 2 controller. did you know Xbox controllers have a secret button feature?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Those uncertainties aside, we know SmartThings Find uses a combination Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ultra-wideband (UWB) services to locate devices, and is available on hardware running Android 8 or later. That will expand the service’s ability to hunt down any item or object you’ve attached a tag to.

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The Verge

JANUARY 8, 2021

We’ve also seen photos of the SmartTag tracker, which is rumored to be a Tile-like tracker that uses Bluetooth to connect with nearby devices, thanks to filings spotted on Taiwan’s telecom regulator’s website. The Galaxy Buds Pro may be a preorder gift that’s exclusive to the (presumably more expensive) Galaxy S21 Ultra, though.

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2022

Water resistance and lengthy battery life are now standard Wireless Bluetooth speakers have become ubiquitous, indispensable gadgets. I know a lot of people who have old Bluetooth speakers kicking around, and if the one you’ve got is still working for you, there’s no immediate need to upgrade to something newer. Bose SoundLink Flex.

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GeekWire

MAY 12, 2021

Why it’s a big deal: According to Jeeva, its Parsair chip “consumes 100 times less power than typical Bluetooth and enables many novel use cases previously out of reach due to cost, size and power constraints.”

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The Verge

JULY 19, 2021

Despite its bizarre appearance and astronomical price tag, Louis Vuitton does appear to have actually built a pretty nice speaker, at least technically speaking. inch tweeters, three microphones for voice calls, up to 15 hours of playback off a charge, an included charging / display dock, and both Bluetooth 5.1

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The Verge

APRIL 21, 2021

The way AirTags function is by securely communicating with Bluetooth devices and iPhones equipped with ultra-wideband that are in the area. Like the AirTags and planned Tile offering, the Galaxy SmartTags use UWB to provide a more exact location for a lost tag. Samsung also has its own AirTag competitor, Galaxy SmartTags.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

This includes new AI features to enhance compressed music, the ability to connect to multiple devices at once, and a $348 price tag, via Android Police. New to the M4 model is a long-requested option to connect to two Bluetooth devices (like a phone and a laptop) simultaneously.

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The Verge

JUNE 28, 2021

More than 100 games are available, and the service is compatible with Bluetooth controllers or ones connected via USB. Backbone has recently updated its app with some deep Xbox integration, like tagging gameplay that you’ve recorded through xCloud. We’ve gotten it to work within macOS on Microsoft Edge and Safari.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

For instance, you can connect a mouse and keyboard via Bluetooth 4.2 or higher) display by tapping it to the top-right edge of the monitor, where its NFC tag is located. Image: Samsung. If you want to use it like a monitor for getting things done, it has a few more tricks up its sleeve. ports to spare (the M5 features two HDMI 2.0

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GeekWire

JULY 13, 2020

German website Promo Bricks reports an August 1 release date with a 229,99€ price tag [link] pic.twitter.com/9Vg9taQ4k5. Adventures with Mario Starter Course” is a Bluetooth-enabled Mario character that gets to interact in the physical world. — Nibel (@Nibellion) July 13, 2020. “Are you ready to play like never before?

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The Verge

AUGUST 11, 2020

While that new model adds some great features we wish were in these (namely, support for multiple Bluetooth connections and automatically pausing music when you remove them), the last-gen model still measures up well in terms of battery life and sound quality, especially when you consider you’re saving $100. Image: Sony.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

Tile, known for its Bluetooth tracking devices, sent a letter to European competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager last month, accusing Apple of anti-competitive behavior. update to Bluetooth settings has disadvantaged third-party tracking products in favor of Apple’s own FindMy app that doesn’t include the same restrictions by default.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Razer’s Basilisk X HyperSpeed is a solid entry-level gaming mouse if you want a comfortable design, long battery life, and the ability to switch between connecting via Bluetooth and 2.4GHz wireless. It lacks the RGB goodness of Razer’s other gaming products, but it’s a good performer for the $40 price tag it has at Amazon (normally $60).

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Several retailers are now heavily discounting popular tech products in the short lead-up to Black Friday, discounting everything from Bluetooth trackers and smart speakers to the latest gaming subscriptions. For your convenience, we’ve curated a list of some of the best sub-$25 options below. This deal is valid on the deep navy colorway.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Charging is done via USB-C, and connectivity can be done through direct wire, Bluetooth, or with Logitech’s Unifying USB-A wireless dongle. Still, if you do prefer a more traditional=shaped mouse, don’t mind the missing scroll wheel, or just prefer the smaller size (and price tag), the MX Anywhere 3 is hard to beat.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

In addition to working with the Xbox consoles, the new controller also has Bluetooth support so you can easily connect it to your Android phone or PC. If your PC doesn’t have Bluetooth, you can pick up the Xbox wireless adapter made for Windows 10. Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge.

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2020

While not at the lowest price we have seen them, a $178 price tag is a steal for these earbuds, which include not only a lengthy six-hour battery life but also noise cancellation. Bose’s SoundLink Color Bluetooth Speaker II is on sale for $99 at Amazon. Of course, earbuds are not for everyone. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge.

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 16, 2023

This powerful gadget not only reads, copies, and emulates RFID and NFC tags, but it also excels in working with radio remotes, iButton, and digital access keys, complete with a GPIO interface. Its robust features, spanning Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC hacking, can exploit system vulnerabilities. But what can you do with a Flipper Zero?

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The Quest 2 doesn’t support Bluetooth headphones, and long-cabled headphones get easily tangled while you’re moving your hands in VR. Oculus has sold headphones and carrying cases before, but it’s offering an unusual number of add-ons for the Quest 2, possibly just to preserve the base model’s super-cheap — for a VR headset — price tag.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 8, 2022

Martin joins The Hacker Mind to discuss this and his earlier Bluetooth vulnerability research, including the Car Whisperer and the Tesla Radar. Bluetooth, yeah, Bluetooth might just be the key to getting inside any Tesla. So the standards body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and licensing.

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The Verge

MARCH 31, 2021

Amazon’s tried to help smooth the transition with the Alexa-enabled Echo Auto in the past, but we found the accessory worked best as a simple speakerphone and Bluetooth adapter in our review — tasks that required knowledge of location or a consistent cellular connection did poorly.

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