Every time we lose something, one of our first reactions is to ask for help from people. We often rely on family members and friends, sometimes even foreigners, in finding lost properties. Crowdsourcing is actually more common on the internet today, at least when asking questions or recommendations. Such social-based solutions have also begun to be trendy in circle tracking items, and Samsung’s Smarthings found to add new member services which basically turn it into social networks.
SmartHings found it had become a Samsung’s answer for Apple found my network and even more generic Android found my device. With the addition of Galaxy SmartTag and New SmartTag + new, Samsung also entered the tracking room that was ever dominated by people like tiles. Not surprisingly, Samsung also jumped on a recent trend that Crowdsources looked for lost items and now expanded it into a more formal social network.
Traditionally, you can find missing smartphones using several web tools, but it only works with the location of the last known cellphone based on the last time connected to the internet. The item tracker is like a new tile or Galaxy SmartTag using Bluetooth LE and UWB (Ultra-wide band) to find anything, even those who cannot connect to the internet, but it only works when you are within reach. This new solution involves employing the help of foreigners who have registered in a similar program that can help you show the location of the item if the telephone of a stranger is near the tracker.
Of course, not everyone may feel comfortable asking for the help of strangers, especially because it happens automatically than personally. New SmartHings found member services, on the contrary, putting a more personal touch with the same idea. This allows you to invite up to 19 people who personally know and can find up to 200 devices between the 20 people.
With Smarthings find members, you can have more refined control over who can see which devices and their location. This is a convenient solution for familiar or group groups that need to track shared ownership without potentially violating their privacy. Samsung has not detailed when this new feature will be available and where the market, but the devices discussed must be the same as the Normal SmartHings Findings.