My first post after years of benefitting from the OZ wisdom so take it easy on me guys.
I walked into JB Hifi, Southland to buy Red Dead Redemption II and spotted the counter deal for a free Tile Mate with every Google Home Mini purchase. I was toying with getting 1 each for the kids' bedroom and the Tile was going to be a bonus as I am always leaving things behind.
The special price for both was $75 so bought 2.
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Got a Google Home Mini for $30 last year, is the tile mate worth $45 ?
tile mate is around $20 on sale, and $25-$50 when not.
The newest ones have replaceable batteries, so they're not disposable after a few years.
If it's the 2018 version, it's $40 or so, but you can get imported versions, it is bluetooth after all. There's around 7 or 8 types of Tile trackers, with similar names (slim, pro, sport, style, mate, mate 2018, gen 1 and gen 2)
I think it's $25-$29 at TGG now, probably cheaper elsewhere.
Looks like the one with the replaceable battery
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/tile/tile-mate-bluetooth-tracker-w…
with the whole tile thing, it requires other ppl to buy into the eco system so they can help you find it ? is that right? there's no actual gps on the device.
Yep, correct. GPS on a device requires a range of things:
None of the devices actually have GPS chips in them, using crowd-sourced GPS locations.
Trackr and Tile are the two major players, others in the market as well of course.
Just confirming that it is the new Tile Mate with replaceable battery.
I bought a 4 pack of tiles 6 months ago. I share the same account with the wife so I can detect missing keys in her vacinity when I'm away from home. This is useful on the odd occasions when I forget to put my keys in my work bag I can at least confirm they're at home.
Also useful if I'm running late for work and I can find my wallet. Save me from huntinyin the house.
As for Google Assistant Integration it works well when you have one tile, but when you have 4 tiles like I do the GA Tile action can't seem to figure out which tile I'm asking for no matter what I try. Very annoying cause asking "ok google, find my car keys" results in an endless loop with Tile unable to figure out what I'm asking for.
With or without a tile, google knows where you are.