GoKawiilRita El Khoury / Android Authority
After Google launched its Find Hub network in the summer of 2024, I spent more than a year testing it as well as all the compatible Bluetooth trackers and came away more than disappointed. Find Hub was very unreliable, and my trackers would sometimes only update their location once every few hours and disconnect pretty often, even when they were right next to my phone. This happened in several cities and countries across Europe and West Asia.
But things have drastically improved since then. Nowadays, every time I check the Find Hub app, all my trackers show an updated location — often within the previous minute or two. A Pebblebee Find Hub-compatible tracker even saved my luggage in Athens, thanks to its very accurate and up-to-date location. But was this just a vague impression, or have they really become more reliable? I decided to test it out by shipping a bunch of trackers to my Android Authority colleagues to find out.
What's your experience with Google's Find Hub Bluetooth trackers? 935 votes They work really well for me. 24 % I had issues at first, but now they're reliable. 13 % I gave up on them after I had many issues. 8 % I still haven't bought any. 55 %
I shipped a bunch of trackers to my teammates
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority
Since I’ve been testing a lot of Bluetooth trackers for Android Authority, they’ve been piling up on my desk, so I thought it was high time I shared the goods with the rest of the team. After all, there’s only so many backpacks, bags, and slings I can slide these in.
I packed up a bunch of trackers to ship from Paris to my Managing Editor in Romania: Bogdan was headed for MWC in Barcelona and could easily share the trackers with several team members there. I reset a few trackers and removed their batteries, but I kept four of them alive: Pebblebee Clip – Google Find Hub
Pebblebee Tag – Google Find Hub
Tile Mate Pro – Tile app
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