Four years after AirTag, Google’s ‘Find My’ answer still falls short

Apple is gearing up to launch AirTag 2 soon, but four years after the first AirTag debuted, a new test of competing options on Google’s ‘Find My Device’ network shows that Apple is still very much ahead in lost item tracking. New test compared AirTag to competing products on Google’s ‘Find My Device’ network It’s rare for Apple to go four years between product updates. But that’s exactly what it’s done with AirTag. And a new piece at The Verge could explain why. Dominic Preston decided to put Google’s ‘Find My Device’ network to the test, pitting four of the newest trackers from Pebblebee, Chipolo, Motorola, and Tile against Apple’s AirTag. The test wasn’t just about comparing hardware, but also pitting Apple’s Find My network against Google’s Android alternative, which launched 1 year ago. Here’s what Preston found: Even after 12 months of work, it’s pretty inarguable that Google’s Find My Device network still isn’t as good as Apple’s Find My at actually finding stuff. The diff ... Read full article.