Article 67X59 Google reportedly working on AirTag-like location trackers

Google reportedly working on AirTag-like location trackers

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STK093_Google_04.0.jpg Leaks suggest Google is working on its own first-party tracking tags to use alongside its in-development Finder Network. | Illustration: The Verge

Google is reportedly working on a location tracking tag to compete with the likes of Apple's AirTags and Tile trackers, according to developer (and reliable leaker) Kuba Wojciechowski. Wojciechowski discovered references that indicate Google is working on support for locator tags in Fast Pair - Google's method for quickly pairing nearby Bluetooth devices - and claims in a Twitter thread that Google is developing its own first-party tracker to use with the feature (seen via Sammobile).

The tracker, according to Wojciechowski, is codenamed Grogu" (the name of the baby Yoda character from the Star Wars series The Mandalorian) alongside the alternate names GR10" and Groguaudio," and is currently being developed by the Google Nest team....

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