The Pixel Tag is Google’s answer to the AirTag

More than 2 years aft launching its ain device-tracking network, Google has yet followed up pinch its ain tracker. The Pixel Tag, which goes connected waste successful November, looks for illustration 1 of the much tin trackers too: It combines ultra wideband (UWB) pinch Bluetooth 6.0 Channel Sounding for 2 chopped types of precision tracking.

The Pixel Tag goes connected waste connected November 11th, dissimilar the recently announced Pixel 11 and Pixel Watch 5, which are already disposable to preorder and vessel adjacent week. When it arrives, the Tag will costs $29, pinch a four-pack for $99 — the nonstop aforesaid pricing arsenic Apple’s AirTag 2.

The Pixel Tag is simply a slim oblong instrumentality disposable successful 1 grayish colour — Fog — that weighs astir 12g, aliases 0.4oz. Like the AirTag, it has nary built-in hooks aliases clips for attaching to objects you want to track. There’s a azygous fastener that will trigger a sound connected your phone, for the uncommon juncture erstwhile you’ve sewage the Tag but person mislaid your main device. It besides has an IP67 rating, truthful it should beryllium safe from particulate and rain. As for the battery, the Pixel Tag takes CR2032 coin batteries, and says 1 artillery should past for complete a year.

Naturally, it’ll beryllium compatible pinch Google’s Find Hub network, which leverages the Bluetooth capabilities of Android devices worldwide to thief find mislaid objects. After a rocky launch, the web has improved steadily since, though erstwhile I tested it past year I recovered it was still little precise than Apple’s.

Once you’re adjacent capable to the Pixel Tag, UWB lets the Find Hub app show the region and guidance to the tracker, truthful agelong arsenic you’re utilizing a telephone pinch a UWB chip. Channel Sounding is simply a newer improvement that tin show the nonstop distance, but not direction, and it will activity pinch immoderate telephone aliases tablet that includes Bluetooth 6.0. The Moto Tag 2 is the only different locator to presently support it.

Google instrumentality owners will request a Pixel 10 aliases later to return advantage of Channel Sounding, and immoderate Pro exemplary since the 6 for UWB — moreover successful the caller Pixel 11 series, the guidelines exemplary still lacks UWB. You tin way the Tag utilizing a Pixel Watch too, and immoderate exemplary since the 4 will support Channel Sounding, while the 2 aliases later see UWB. You tin besides inquire Gemini to ringing the Tag’s speaker for you.