I’ll admit it; I lose stuff all the time. Growing up, I wished I had some way of making my lost items beep at me, so I could find them more easily. Alas, the technology wasn’t available at the time (and it was long before AirTags were introduced), so I had to resort to the tried-and-true method of digging under pillows and beneath chairs until I found it.
One fateful Christmas, I got a Tile from my grandmother. I attached it to my keys, and suddenly, my lost item woes were a thing of the past. These things have saved me hours of panicked hunting, and now that the Pro versions are on sale, I can’t help but talk about them.
Why Tile Pro is the perfect companion for the scatterbrained
Tiles added that feature my childhood self wanted. Once you attach a Tile to something, you can use the Tile app on your phone to ping it. The Tile will then begin chirping a loud tune, which is especially handy for finding things hidden under the sofa. I’m sure you can attach them using an adhesive, but I’ve always found the keyring attachment to be the best way to do it. I added one to my keyring and one to the zipper on my wallet, and now they’re always a button-press away.
What I really love about them is that they work the opposite way, too. While you can use your phone to find your Tiles, the Tiles themselves come with a button on them. Tap it twice, and it’ll send a signal to your phone to start ringing. Because your phone is the central hub for finding your Tiles, all you need to do is find one Tile to find the rest; use the one you have to find your phone, and then use your phone to find the other lost Tiles.
This Tile Pro version adds some excellent new features. For one, it adds a way to secretly send an SOS signal to your family to notify them that you’re in danger. If your Tile is too far away to be pinged with your phone, you can use its GPS to find it on your map; perfect if something was stolen, or you just left your wallet at work. Additionally, since Life360 acquired Tile, you can now use your Tile in conjunction with Life360.
Right now, you can grab some money off the Tile by Life360 Pro during this Amazon Prime Day. I personally recommend the pack of four—once you realize how useful one is, you’ll want a lot more. However, if you’re testing it to see if it’s for you, you can purchase a single Tile for 39% off at $21.36.