It used to happen every few days. Where are those keys? Spend an extra 10 minutes searching the house for them. And, it usually happens when I’m already late. No longer.
The Tile Mate is a slim tracking device that can attach to your keys, put in your wallet, bag, whatever. The Tile Mate communicates with your smartphone and the Tile app. When you can’t find your keys (or vice versa) press a button and that Tile will beep. I was at a meeting a month or so ago and I thought I lost my keys. I headed back to the office and while on my way I remembered that I have the Tile. I opened the app and hit the button and the tracker started beeping from within my bag. Of course, I thought I had thoroughly searched my bag for the keys.
Now, the Tiles need to be within a certain distance for them to communicate with your phone. But, let’s say you lose a bag that has a tile in it. Tile’s network of users all anonymously communicate with each other so someone elses Tile may notify you of the location of your bag. Very cool.
We’ve put these on our keys, our wallets, in the purse, in my briefcase and my son’s baseball bag,
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A week ago, Grandma came over on the day we were leaving for a trip. As we were getting ready to leave, she realized she couldn’t find her keys. Well, we had to leave. So, my sister-in-law came over to help Grandma find her keys. She’s older and just couldn’t remember where she left them and she’s at that age where her imagination gets the better of her. So, the blame and conspiracies were rampant.
Grandma and my sister-in-law turned our house upside down looking for those keys as we were on the road. Not fun. It wasn’t until she went outside that she realized it was cold and she didn’t have her sweater. So, she had to find her sweater that she had brought with her. Guess what was inside the pocket of the sweater? Yep.
Anyway, today we attached a Tile to Grandma’s keys and put one in her purse. She doesn’t have a smart phone, but we connected the Tiles to my wife’s Tile app. Time to buy more Tiles.