The best alternatives to Apple's AirTag item tracker
Here are our favorite alternatives to Apple's AirTag that offer unique features, longer battery life, and compatibility with different platforms.
Tile
Alex Baggott
Tile tracker adds new indetectable mode, claims it helps victims of stalking
A new Anti-Theft Mode for Tile trackers has been launched, that will completely prevent it from being found by anyone else than the user if the owner has registered photo ID with the company.
William Gallagher
Nine years after launch, Tile adds anti-stalking features that AirTag had from the start
Tile is finally introducing anti-stalking features to its trackers, though they still don't go as far as Apple does with AirTags.
Life360 says Tile sales are down, blames AirTag stalking issues for decline
The new owners of tracking company Tile say that sales are down, and stock value has fallen, because of the stalking issues that Apple's AirTags have raised.
Collaboration needed to address stalking by AirTag, Tile, and other devices
Apple AirTags and other tracking devices like Tile are being used for stalking and other malicious purposes, and the solution will require a joint effort between companies, experts say.
Mike Peterson
Life360 to stop selling precise location data of users
Life360 has decided to stop selling the precise location data of users after pushback in late 2021, but the company will continue to sell users' data in aggregate form.
Amber Neely
New iPad Pro, M1 iMac, and AirTag at last - Apple's April 2021 in review
You wait ages for a new Apple device to be launched, and then a mass of them come at once. April 2021 saw new iMacs, new Apple TV 4K, new iPad Pro, and finally the launch of the AirTag.
Tile buyer Life360 reportedly sells precise user location data to nearly anyone
Tile purchaser Life360, which calls itself a "family safety platform," has been selling precise location data on its millions of users, a new report alleges.
AirTag rival Tile acquired by location tracking platform Life360 in $205M deal
Tile, makers of location tracking hardware that competes with Apple's AirTag, has agreed to an acquisition that will see the company become part of location tracking specialist Life360.
Mikey Campbell
Andrew O'Hara
Wesley Hilliard
Will Shanklin
Malcolm Owen
