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- Tile was acquired by Life360 back in 2021.
- So far, the Life360 app has supported tile tracking, but not full unit setup.
- The Life360 has now updated its app with full tile support and raises questions about how long the old tile app will stay around.
Bluetooth -trackers Is one of the wonderful modern conveniences whose value you may never appreciate until you invite them into your life – and then quickly you think you are unwilling to go without them again. Trackers get even better at Android with Growing UWB supportBut when it comes to the classic approach, there are few brands that are better known than Tile. The trackers have been around for over a decade, but a few years back we learned about a controversial acquisition that was in the works, when the Oft-Maligned Family Tracking App Life360 bought tiles. While the relationship between the two so far has allowed a small respite, it begins to feel as if it finally changes.
Today, Life360 Shares that Tile Trackers are now fully supported in the LIFE360 app. You have already been able to track tiles in the Life360, but the tile itself was still necessary for critical layout and configuration steps. In the future, it is no longer necessary, and owners can take full advantage of tile units without needing anything other than the Life360 app.
If you are already a Life360 fan, this is good news, but the app has more than its fair proportion of Detractors. In addition to only dissatisfied users who are severely armed by their families to share personal location data in the name “Security”, LIFE360 has met some well -deserved criticism for their guidelines regarding Seller user data for profits.
Right now, even after the Life360 app’s absorption of all functionality needed to support tile trackers, you still have the opportunity to just stick to just Old Tile App. But with the LIFE360 using languages as “one app to track it all” and “no more switch back and forth” in the announcement of Dagens Nyheter, you will forgive us for feeling a little paranoid that the company is leaning more and more on its primary app, in what can soon be to Tile App’s damage.