Galaxy SmartTag 2 is one of the best object location trackers in terms of hardware and technology. It’s compact, has a built-in key attachment ring, features UWB for ultra-precise searching, and lasts up to 500 days on a single charge. However, the performance of an object tracker is determined by its network, so Samsung needs to improve there.
Samsung is ripe for integration with Google’s Find My Device network
Galaxy SmartTags are currently limited to the Samsung Find network. This means you won’t be able to take advantage of the vast network of non-Samsung Android smartphones. Additionally, smart tags are not even compatible with non-Samsung Android smartphones, making them unusable for many people.
Samsung sells between 200 million and 300 million smartphones a year, and some reports say there are about 1.03 billion active users of Galaxy smartphones. Therefore, Galaxy SmartTags can help you find your lost items using Galaxy SmartTags with the help of a billion-strong smartphone network.
In contrast, there are over 3 billion active users of Android smartphones worldwide. This is equivalent to three times his total user base of Galaxy smartphones. This is why I think Samsung should integrate its Samsung Find network with Google’s upcoming Find My Device network. And this is not unheard of. Google and Samsung have collaborated on several projects, including the Google Home and SmartThings integration and the recent Nearby Share and Quick Share integration.
It has been reported that Google may launch the Google Find My Device network after Apple releases the iOS 17.5 update in the coming months. iOS 17.5 features unknown location tracking alerts for non-AirTag object trackers. Samsung already supports the unknown location tracking alert standard, but it needs to go further.
If Google and Samsung collaborate on Find My Device and Samsung Find integration, the Galaxy SmartTag lineup could become a huge hit and become the standard option for object location trackers for Android users who want to keep track of their belongings. Samsung should also consider opening up Galaxy SmartTags to non-Galaxy Android smartphone users, even if it keeps some of its SmartThings features exclusive to Galaxy phones.