Airtags and SmartTags, etc. in Thailand? Do they work?

[impulse]

Can anyone comment on the state of the art, using AirTags, Smart Tags, etc. in Thailand?  Is the technology and the infrastructure available in Thailand to track down (for example) a $1500 bicycle, a backpack,  or a $500 scooter helmet if one were to be stolen from a shopping center parking lot?

 

[OneMoreFarang]

Why should they not work in Thailand?

[proton]

Is the sun in Thailand the same as in Africa? 

[novacova]

26 minutes ago, impulse said:

or a $500 scooter helmet if one were to be stolen from a shopping center parking lot?

I’ve considered putting airtags in my helmets but decided not to because they’re a bit bulky and they would have to be fitted in the cheek pads after tearing out some of the inner padding, probably not very comfortable. It would be great if those tags were thinner 

[Will B Good]

37 minutes ago, impulse said:

Can anyone comment on the state of the art, using AirTags, Smart Tags, etc. in Thailand?  Is the technology and the infrastructure available in Thailand to track down (for example) a $1500 bicycle, a backpack,  or a $500 scooter helmet if one were to be stolen from a shopping center parking lot?

 

They rely on the presence of other iPhones in the case of AirTags.....no infrastructure required.

 

So very effective in the city where there are lots of iPhones....doubtful when in the sticks.

[OneMoreFarang]

A similar system exists now for Android.

 

Here are some devices:

Chipolo Point finders for Google's Find My Device app - Chipolo

 

Be careful if you want to buy them. Almost the same name device exists for Apple and Android. And for Android they have one model which works with the Google's Find My Device and another model which works with Android but not that app.

 

 

[recom273]

I was just thinking how worthless my AirTags are.

 

I bought 4. They are good at home when you need to find your keys in a hurry.

 

My wife lost one from its silicone holder in the local market - I live in the sticks. 

 

Locals prefer android, so I couldn't triangulate the airtag. After walking around the market I got a faint hit on my phone, I got to about 5 meters, when we asked about to retrieve it, the stall holders didnt understand / didnt want to understand or didnt want to give it up. Maybe someone wanted the cool silver apple logo.

 

Would I use them to secure an item of value? I had a mate who lost his macbook from his backpack, he located it using 'find my' - I dont remember how he tracked down the address, but he knocked on the door, the house owner denied all knowledge. He returned with the police, even after he demonstrated how the app works, the police could do nothing.

[ballpoint]

I bought a couple of Galaxy Tag 2's from the official Samsung store on Lazada.  They work well, even up country. I suspect there's more Samsung phones than iPhones around.  One is on my wife's car keys, because she's always forgetting where she left them (I could keep track of where she is too, if I was that way inclined  I checked her location on the map once after I bought it, just to test it, but haven't bothered to, and, other than an emergency, wouldn't, do it again).  The other is placed on objects as and when required when they leave the house. Including my grandson on more than one occasion.

[Danderman123]

Galaxy Tags work okay.

 

I duct taped one to my guitar, in case someone makes off with it.

 

Also, I put one in a suitcase when I travel.

[impulse]

19 hours ago, recom273 said:

I was just thinking how worthless my AirTags are.

 

I bought 4. They are good at home when you need to find your keys in a hurry.

 

My wife lost one from its silicone holder in the local market - I live in the sticks. 

 

Locals prefer android, so I couldn't triangulate the airtag. After walking around the market I got a faint hit on my phone, I got to about 5 meters, when we asked about to retrieve it, the stall holders didnt understand / didnt want to understand or didnt want to give it up. Maybe someone wanted the cool silver apple logo.

 

Would I use them to secure an item of value? I had a mate who lost his macbook from his backpack, he located it using 'find my' - I dont remember how he tracked down the address, but he knocked on the door, the house owner denied all knowledge. He returned with the police, even after he demonstrated how the app works, the police could do nothing.

 

Thanks!  To you and a couple of others...  That's the kind of first hand info I was hoping for.  

 

My thought was to sew one into the little Decathlon bookbag/backpack I keep my essential papers and my backup cash when I leave the hotel on my weeklong visits to Bangkok each month.  I don't trust hotel safes, so I keep my passports and cash on my person.  (I never worried when I lived in Bangkok because I kept them in the pocket of a tux I hung in a tux bag in the closet.  Who's gonna steal a tux in BKK?)  I'm not an Apple guy so it would have to be something else, and Samsung seems the logical choice.

 

 

Edited June 13 by impulse