Chipolo builds Apple Find My support into its new wallet tracker

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Chipolo is looking for a way to extend the reach of its Bluetooth-based trackers. So it's turning to Apple and the tech behemothic'south super-sized Find My network for aid.

A new version of the company'south wallet tracker, the Chipolo Card Spot, is making its debut at CES 2022. Chief among the wallet finder'southward capabilities is the fact that users will be able to tap into the Observe My network to locate any wallet or purse with a Chipolo Card Spot tucked inside.

When you pair your Chipolo Bill of fare Spot to your iPhone, you'll be able to add the wallet tracker to the Items tab within the Notice My app that comes pre-installed on iPhones. Apple added the power to add third-party items like Chipolo's new wallet tracker in a Find My update final April. (Chipolo added Discover My support to its key tracker at that fourth dimension.)

Marking your Chipolo Menu Spot-equipped wallet as lost, and you'll go a notification when the Find My network is detected by other Find My-continued devices, which will relay the estimate location of your wallet dorsum to you. There'due south also a Notify When Left Behind feature that volition ping your iPhone with a separation warning, should you leave a location without taking your wallet (and its Chipolo tracker).

As you'd expect from a tracker designed to slip into a wallet, the Chipolo Card Spot is extremely thin — only 0.09 inches. You tin can't swap out the battery, but Chipolo says the device should last up to 2 years. IPX5 h2o resistance is meant to protect the Chipolo Card Spot from splashes.

The latest Chipolo Card tracker arrives at any interesting time. Tile, the leading maker of many of the best key finders, updated its product line for 2022, and while most of the devices impressed united states of america in testing, the wallet-friendly Tile Slim felt like a step back. In our Tile Slim (2022) review, the wallet finder came upwards well brusk of its listed 250-foot range. That peculiarly stung since the new Tile Slim cost $5 more than its predecessor.

Similar the latest Tile Slim, the Chipolo Card Spot costs $35. It ships in Feb, though Chipolo has started taken pre-orders today (Jan. four). We're looking forward to see how Chipolo's new wallet finder compares to the Tile Slim and what kind of difference Find My back up makes.

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