T-Mobile launches LTE-based SyncUp Tracker
The SyncUp uses LTE rather than Bluetooth or UWB so it doesn't need to be within range of your phone (or someone else's) to be located. | Photo: T-Mobile It seems that 2021 is the year of the tracker, with new options from Samsung, Apple, and now T-Mobile in the form of its SyncUp Tracker. But unlike those other Tile-type tracking devices, SyncUp uses LTE rather than Bluetooth or Ultra Wideband for real-time location information, a la Samsung's SmartThings tracker. That means it doesn't rely on being within a certain range of your phone (or other phones) to tell you where it is - but it does come with a $5 per month data charge on your T-Mobile phone plan.
The SyncUp offers some nice tracking features: you can make the device ring to help locate it when it's out of sight, for example, and it offers geofencing to send you an alert when it leaves a predetermined area. It's also IP67 dust...