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Networks explained

Tracker networks: which one is yours?

A Bluetooth tracker has no GPS or SIM of its own. It is found when a passing phone on the same network picks up its signal and reports the location — so the network you join decides which phone you need.

  1. iPhone & iPad Apple Find My

    Apple’s Find My network uses more than a billion iPhones, iPads and Macs to find AirTags and other Find My trackers — anonymously and with encryption. You need an iPhone or iPad to set one up.

  2. Android 9+ Google Find Hub

    Google’s Find Hub (called Find My Device until May 2025) is available on Android 9 and later. Android phones in the network find Find Hub trackers and report their encrypted location — including on Samsung Galaxy phones.

  3. Samsung Galaxy only Samsung SmartThings Find

    Samsung’s own network finds Galaxy phones, watches, earbuds and Galaxy SmartTags using other Galaxy devices. It is for Samsung Galaxy owners only.

  4. iPhone & Android Tile network

    Tile, now part of Life360, works on both iPhone and Android through the Tile and Life360 apps, using its own network of app users rather than Apple’s or Google’s.

  5. iPhone & Android apps GPS + mobile SIM

    GPS trackers work out their own position by satellite and send it over a built-in mobile connection, so they show a live location wherever there is mobile coverage — but they need charging and, usually, a subscription.