Family safety app Life360 adds Tile’s lost-item trackers, years after its acquisition

Over three and a half years after family locator app Life360 acquired lost item tracker Tile for $205 million, the two services are finally fully integrated. On Wednesday, Life360 announced that the item-finding capabilities of Tile, a competitor to Apple’s AirTag and other Bluetooth-based trackers, are now available from inside its main app. The update means users will now be able to see where family members are in real-time, as well as their valuables, like their wallet, keys, bags, and other items. The change will also help to centralize the separate user bases for the two apps by pushing Tile’s users to adopt the Life360 app as their main tracking tool. A company representative told TechCrunch that the integrated services will begin rolling out Wednesday and will reach all users over the next few weeks. As the rollout progresses, Tile users will soon see a message in their app directing them to Life360, while Life360 users will see a new section for tracking their items below th ... Read full article.