Samsung’s New SmartTag 3 Item Tracker Works With iPhones
3 sources covered this · see comparison → ⚠ Left-onlySamsung is changing up its Galaxy SmartTag item tracker… again. The new SmartTag 3 is smaller than the previous version and ditches the built-in ring design for the same $29.99 for one and $99.99 for a four-pack. It’s not just the more compact size—35% smaller and 33% lighter than the SmartTag 2—that makes the SmartTag 3 better.
- ▪Samsung is changing up its Galaxy SmartTag item tracker… again.
- ▪The new SmartTag 3 is smaller than the previous version and ditches the built-in ring design for the same $29.99 for one and $99.99 for a four-pack.
- ▪It’s not just the more compact size—35% smaller and 33% lighter than the SmartTag 2—that makes the SmartTag 3 better.
3 outlets in our directory ran this story. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Samsung’s SmartTag 3 is smaller, smarter, and iPhone-friendly — Android Authority
- ▪ Samsung’s new SmartTag is smaller, longer-lasting, and works with iPhones — The Verge
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Samsung is changing up its Galaxy SmartTag item tracker… again. The new SmartTag 3 is smaller than the previous version and ditches the built-in ring design for the same $29.99 for one and $99.99 for a four-pack. It’s not just the more compact size—35% smaller and 33% lighter than the SmartTag 2—that makes the SmartTag 3 better. Samsung says the item tracker is 10% more power efficient and can last up to 550 days in “normal” mode and up to 790 days in “power saving” mode. The SmartTag 3 can also be detected up to three times farther than before and has what Samsung calls “centimeter-level” tracking when using your phone to locate it.
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