The Samsung Galaxy SmartTag2 is a small Bluetooth tracker that clips to a keychain, slips into a wallet, or hangs from a dog collar, and then lets you find whatever it’s attached to through the SmartThings Find app on a Samsung Galaxy phone or tablet. It’s Samsung’s answer to Apple’s AirTag, with the same basic idea but built for the Galaxy ecosystem instead of iPhones. The tag itself is small and light enough that you won’t notice it on a keyring, and it’s IP67-rated for dust and water, so a rainy walk or a quick dip in a puddle won’t kill it.
An easy way to track lost items with your Android phone
Setting up the SmartTag2 only takes a minute or two once you pull the battery tab. Open SmartThings Find on your phone, register the tag, give it a name, and attach it to whatever you’re worried about losing. Bluetooth range is up to 120 meters in open space, which is enough to find your keys anywhere around a house or yard. If the tag goes out of Bluetooth range, it taps into Samsung’s Find Network, which uses other opted-in Galaxy devices that happen to pass nearby to report the tag’s location back anonymously.
If you have an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) enabled Samsung Galaxy smartphone, then SmartTag2 will work with Compass View on your mobile device. Your Galaxy smartphone will show directional arrows from your phone to the SmartTag, along with a real-time distance reading in feet or meters. This helps you locate lost items, such as keys dropped behind the couch cushions or a wallet that slipped underneath your automobile. Older Samsung Galaxy models that do not support Ultra-WideBand can only detect signal strength and use the built-in ringer for SmartTags.
Battery life is one of the SmartTag2’s strongest points. Samsung rates it for up to 500 days on a single replaceable CR2032 coin cell, which is enough to slap one on a piece of luggage and forget about it for more than a year. A power-saving mode boosts battery life by around 40 percent, but turns off some of the more advanced tracking features.
The small button on top of the SmartTag2 doubles as a SmartThings remote. You can assign a single press or a long press to trigger two separate automations, like turning off the lights when you walk out the door or flipping on the porch light when you get home. For anyone already using SmartThings around the house, that’s a handy bonus on top of the tracking.
The Samsung Galaxy SmartTag2 is on sale for $17 instead of the usual $30. Worth knowing before you buy: it only works with Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets running Android 11 or later, so if your house runs on Pixels, iPhones, or other Android brands, this isn’t the tracker for you.