Google's Take on Apple's AirTag May Have Just Leaked

If you're looking for a Bluetooth locator to support tabs connected your stuff, your prime whitethorn beryllium platform-dependent. Over successful the Apple ecosystem, your first (and possibly best) prime is an AirTag, made by nary different than Apple itself for its Find My network. On Android, you person much options, but not successful rather the aforesaid measurement arsenic Apple: Samsung has a tracker that useful champion pinch its Galaxy devices, while Tile has its ain proprietary network. You would deliberation the champion prime would travel from Google directly, seeing arsenic the institution besides develops Android—but that isn't the case.

Not only is Google not the default action here, it isn't an action astatine all. Despite creating Android and maintaining its Find Hub web (similar to Apple's Find My), the institution doesn't person a locator instrumentality of its own. It's a missed opportunity, arsenic not only Pixel users could benefit, but each Android users connected Find Hub. As it turns out, that mightiness beryllium astir to change.

The Google Pixel Tag whitethorn beryllium connected its measurement

9to5Google reports that it obtained an image of the "Google Pixel Tag," astatine the aforesaid clip the purported merchandise has appeared successful online listings. As of this article, nary U.S. stores look to person Google Pixel Tag listing; though 9to5Google points to 2 world listings for the tracker. You tin spot the locator successful the outlet's leader image attached to the X station below:

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Google being Google, the Pixel Tag is simply a spot unsocial from different trackers connected the market. While Apple's AirTag is simply a disc, Google's is an oval; it's somewhat akin to Samsung's SmartTag, though Samsung's return comes pinch a ample circle for attaching items to the tag. Google's is coagulated each the measurement through. 9to5Google compares it to a Fitbit Air without the band, which isn't that acold off.

We're successful the earliest stages of leaks and rumors here, truthful it's not clear whether this really is the Google Pixel Tag, aliases whether Google moreover plans to merchandise a tracker. That being said, this image seems very legit, and is thing I wouldn't beryllium amazed to spot Google put out. In addition, Google is getting fresh to denote the Pixel 11 successful conscionable a mates of weeks, which would beryllium the cleanable clip to denote a companion merchandise for illustration the Google Pixel Tag.