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Keep tabs of all your essential items with these awesome Cyber Monday deals on Tile trackers
Keep track of your keys, wallet, backpack, and more this holiday season
I'm not sure if there's anything more frustrating than losing an important item. Whether you accidentally drop your keys in the parking lot, can't find your backpack, or are just looking for your wallet as you get ready to leave for the house, searching for items is never fun. Luckily Tile makes some awesome trackers that make finding those pesky items a lot easier.
Tile to be acquired by Location Sharing app Life360, as competition with AirTag intensifies
Tile, the popular Bluetooth tracker, has been acquired by Life360 for $205 million, as competition with Apple AirTag intensifies.
Tile -- the pioneer of Bluetooth tracking -- popularized locating personal belongings through its expanding network of connected devices. However, earlier this year, the company found itself facing a serious rival with an even larger network -- Apple. AirTags have a prominent advantage that Tile struggles to compete with. The coin-sized Apple trackers integrate into the Find My Network, making them discoverable through other Apple devices, such as iPhones. The location sharing app Life360 has shared that it plans to acquire Tile next year.
Amazon Prime Day 2021: Best deals on Tile Bluetooth trackers!
Tile is offering some great deals on its Bluetooth trackers during Amazon's ongoing Prime Day sale! Check out the post for more details.
If you're in the market for Bluetooth tracking tags and you don't feel like spending a fortune on the ones from Samsung and Apple, then you should definitely check out Tile's products. The company was one of the first to start selling Bluetooth tracking tags, and it currently offers quite a wide range of options. Luckily, Tile's trackers are available at attractive discounts during the ongoing Prime Day sale, and you should definitely check out the deals before getting one from Samsung or Apple.
[Update: Coming Soon] Google is preparing to release a Tiles API for Wear OS
According to a new commit submitted to the AOSP Gerrit, Google is working on releasing an official Tiles API for third-party Wear OS apps.
In 2019, Google released "Tiles", a new feature that lets you show small, informative app widget cards on Wear OS smartwatches. Google added Tiles for a handful of things, including Goals, Next event, Forecast, Heart rate, Headlines, and timer, allowing users to easily access important info by swiping left on the watch face. At launch, you could only add 5 Tiles, but with the Wear OS app v2.40, Google raised the limit, letting users add up to 10 Tiles on their smartwatch. Since Tiles was released, smartwatch OEMs like Mobvoi have also built their own Tiles.
The Wear OS app now lets you add more than 5 Tiles
Google is rolling out an update for the Wear OS app, which brings the ability to add more than 5 Tiles to the app at any given time.
Back in May last year, Google introduced a new feature to Wear OS called "Tiles." The feature was designed to help users access the most common actions on their Wear OS smartwatches with just a swipe. At the time of launch, users had access to just 5 Tiles, including Goals, Next event, Forecast, Heart rate, Headlines, and Timer. But third-party developers soon managed to release an Unofficial Tiles API to add custom Tiles to the companion app.
Wear OS app gets updated with a menu to manage Tiles
Wear OS Tiles are widgets which display information for quick access. You've had the ability to rearrange them, but now you can manage them from your phone.
I think it's fair to say that Wear OS has come a long way in the past 5 years. It was launched as Android Wear back in 2014. Since then, Google has been trying to perfect the platform by adding new features and gathering more partners. Just about a month ago, Wear OS gained a new feature called "Tiles." Tiles are small widgets which display the most relevant information for quick access. By default, there are six Tiles: Goals, Next event, Forecast, Heart rate, Headlines, and Timer. You've had the ability to rearrange them since the release of the feature, but now you can manage them from your phone.
How to Add Third-Party Quick Setting Tiles in Nougat
Download custom quick settings tiles for your Android device running Nougat. This XDA TV video shows some of the best tiles available.
In Android Nougat, you are able to edit your quick settings tiles and even download and add new ones from the Play store. This video shows some of the best tiles out there.