Samsung's Galaxy SmartTag 2 arrives October 11 for $30, still only works with Galaxy smartphones

In a nutshell: Samsung has delivered an up to date model of its Galaxy SmartTag tracker designed to help users keep track of valuables. The new Galaxy SmartTag 2 makes use of both Bluetooth Low Energy and UWB (extremely-wideband), and can use augmented reality to visually manual customers to their items. Lost mode, meanwhile, lets in users to feature contact information to a tag, which can be examine via every person who discovers a tagged item as long as their tool has an NFC reader.

Samsung also baked in an "unknown tag alerts" function on the way to warn customers if an unknown SmartTag is following them, in hopes of quelling fears related to abusing location tracking offerings.

Samsung has boosted battery life on the second one-gen tracker as properly. In ordinary mode, customers can assume up to 500 days of runtime – a 50 percent growth as compared to the unique SmartTag. With the new power saving mode, you may count on upwards of seven-hundred days of utilization.

PCMag lately spent some time with Samsung's new tracker and mentioned the person-replaceable coin-fashion battery (CR2032). Swapping it out calls for a pin device and may be a touch difficult, but at the least it is able to be executed at home and does now not necessitate shopping for a cutting-edge tracker whenever the battery runs out.

The SmartTag 2 includes an IP67 rating in opposition to dust and water, and when switching to a brand new Galaxy phone, the tag will mechanically re-sync on your new device using your Samsung account. Like the authentic, the new tracker handiest works with Galaxy smartphones, and you will need to be jogging at least Android nine.0 or better on a tool with as a minimum 3 GB of RAM.

The SmartThings Find app is also required, because the tracker does no longer work with Google's Find My Device. The app now gives a complete screen map view and an stepped forward interface to make monitoring a tag less complicated than ever.

Samsung's SmartTag 2 launches globally on October 11 priced at $29.99 to your preference of black or white.