# Android Tiles opposed to Apple Air Tags: A primer for a first-time user

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 12, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-tiles-opposed-to-apple-air-tags-a-primer-for-a-first-time-user/996004 "2024-01-12T12:39:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-tiles-opposed-to-apple-air-tags-a-primer-for-a-first-time-user/996004/2 "2024-01-12T13:46:03Z")

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Lotta recent discussion on AirTags here:

> [@How, exactly, do Airtags work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-exactly-do-airtags-work/995317):
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> I’ve read some articles that say Airtags use Bluetooth technology and Apple’s ‘extensive network’ to track them, but I’m not sure exactly how they work. I know that if I connect a device to my computer, I need to pair it. [NB: I’ve only paired a mouse to one computer, and I paired my phone to the car before I found it inconvenient.] I’m guessing Airtags work like RFID, where it ‘pings’ if it gets near a reader. I know that my computers need to be turned on and near a WiFi source in order to …

The Android Tile is not exactly the same gizmo, but has substantially the same function.

My question to you would be “What do you think these devices will do for you while traveling?” Said another way, “What problem(s) are you trying to solve?”

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