HOW to USE the Galaxy SmartTag 2 - LESSONS LEARNED!
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With my adhd i need a smart tag on my smart tag so i ordered a 4 pack
You've made me laugh uncontrollably lol
I feel you 😢
😂😂😂😂😂
@@techwithbenefits my application would be to track lost checked in flight luggage . Would it work for that?
Super helpful, I missed half these features when setting up my tags. Thank you!
Very comprehensive video. I bought 5 of the Smarttag 2's for our Africa trip; didn't have to track down any luggage but I could follow them through the various airport luggage systems on my Note 20 and Samsung tablet. Thanks.
Yes, please make a full depth video on these. Much appreciated!
Thanks for your excellent review of the SmartTag2.
Just ordered 4 of these devices. I would really be interested in you dissecting the Smart Things app and all that is has to offer. Great channel!! Keep up the informative posts.
Yes! Would like an extensive video on Smarthings. Another great video mate as usual.
Thanks mate. Might take a bit but I'll be worth it
Definitely worth it. 👍
You're so informative and easy to follow!
Thanks for an informative video. Nice explanation.
I'm expecting delivery of a 4 pack next week and watched your video to get a better understanding of the functionality. Will be my first time using such a device so I could use all the help I can get. I'm 67 and have a moderate level of tech savvy. I think my biggest struggle will be navigating the SmartThings app if I'm being honest. Nice video...thanks for posting it.
Thank you! I do plan on doing a full smartthings video soon!
It's as easy as anything can get. You only have to push 1 button 1 time and it's done. 😊
Just got mine today...GUESS WE'LL SEE😂
The thing is trash
Great in-depth review. Cheers
I stumbled across your video. Fantastic detailed info.
Yes need an extensive vid about Smartthings , Thanks
Yes we do
Yes, please do a full breakdown.
Great video. I just received a SmartTag 2 for Christmas. I just activated it tonight. Please do an extensive breakdown video. Thank you.
Well Done! Thank You So Much. Now I feel more comfortable about taking my skis on the airplane 👍👍
Why would you feel uncomfortable taking your skis on an airplane?
Awesome! I have the first-generation and when I looked to buy more i could not find them. Excited that they released a new version! Hope samsung or third party companies come out with other storage solutions to like put on bikes and other items. Great vid!
Thank you! news.samsung.com/global/user-guide-guard-your-bike-gear-with-the-galaxy-smarttag2 I found this on a Samsung news site which might help!
I use cable ties for under my saddle. It works perfectly fine and has for months without any issues.
I would love to see a Smart Things video ... Great video as always
Really excellent and informative on SmartTag 2. All these years of Samsungs (12+ Phones, 4 TV's) glad KZhead brought me to you. First SmatTag2 arrived today, I now know better what to use it for, not just luggage.
A full detail of what smart things can do would be nice. I just got 4 smart tag2 and am struggling with some of the options and what this program can do with the tag and galaxy fold 4
Great tutorial, thank you 🙏🏽
Yes, I have it ,loving it so far.Thanks, you're very informative .Andrew.Auckland,New Zealand . Attached to keys.
just bought 2 one for each luggage bag and i love it
Great video, very useful thank you
I just picked up 2. Planning on using them while we are traveling.
Thanx for a interesting review. would it work to for anti theft on your bicycle?Looks small enough to hide inside the bike itself.please let me know what you think. and lastly thanx. keep up that great work.
Thank you for the great video. I just got a Galaxy S24 Ultra and two SmartTags 2. Camera doesn't work on any of them, even being very close and without obstacles. I also don't get the message you get at 14:28 (You can use your phone's camera...). The camera icon seems to activate sometimes for a second but nothing shows on the screen. Any idea on what the issue might be?
Just subscribed. Great review
My son lost the tag one day, and I searched for it using the app. It told me it was nearby, and I went around in circles looking for it. Then it turned out it was located in the classroom, which was 3 storeys above me. This was the earlier version of the smart tag. I hope this version can also detect the exact location, including height distance.
It's not going to magically tell you what floor the thing is on (you need to move around) once you get within 30 to 50 m of it will actually connect to to the smarttag and give you a power signal bar With the smarttag+ (with its poor battery life and crashing/rebooting firmware) supported UWB but unfortunately Samsung is Still limiting UWB to plus and ultra models (UWB allows precise finding once under 20-30m) smarttag 2 has UWB by default (hopefully they fixed the firmware so it doesn't randomly reboot, it plays the battery startup sound when it reboots probably why the smarttag+ had poor battery life) all my smarttag 1s (not plus) have worked flawlessly and the 7 day history function in thr smartofthings app is super handy if it just gets stolen or unaware until later in the day or night so you know what direction to head in to get your item Back and where it has Been ( the Apple airtag only ever shows you it's last location, like when my mum binned one of my airtags it's last location was picked up passing the gate house at an incinerator power plant😅) Airtag has had UWB from the start, but lacks power signal level meter for signal level location (all you can do is make it chime unless you have a iPhone 11 or higher phone that supports UWB for precise finding but unfortunately you got to be within 20 to 30m)😂
Yeah tracking won't do that for a long long time. When driving I'm going around and around to get to the ground to drive out. Google thinks I'm going in circles and constantly fixes the route. You're good in the ground in a building no.
You can ring the device, so at least that would rule out whether it's in the room or not.
Yep, it's garbage
Legend. Thanks mate.
great video, i've subscribed... :-) everything is well explained... however, i did miss one thing... if i leave home in the morning without my phone will my smart tag 2 sound an alert..?
I bought the 4 pack and have used 2 so far. I'm going on a cross country trip and have never flown before, so I'm using one to keep track of my checked bag to make retrieval easier and the other on my backpack, should it go missing.
Nice! What is the max range on this?
Just received the SmartTag2 4-pack today, and will check em out😁
Another great video, keep it up.
Thank you!
@@techwithbenefits np
I think a Smart Things over would be great.
Thanks for all these infos! I just bought a smarttagg2 and the thing I was wondering is, on the location on the map the tagg always says that it is at home, even when somebody carry it around outside. I wanted to put it on my cat but, I will never know where it is, shouldn't it be updating while in range ?
HI there I wanted to ask how would this would for something thats long range like lets say I'm going to Japan and want to toss a smart tag in my luggage so I can see if they come back and where they are if they don't. Thanks for this super helpful video :)
Hi Do you need the Samsung passing by to have its Bluetooth mode activated for the tag to be located? Thanks
Thank you for you review, it helped me understand that it has a different interface for communication with Samsung devices. I got this tag at Samsung conference this year. There were no instructions on the box or anywhere. The guy said it's going to work with Android phone. I've downloaded SmartThings app from Samsung but it doesn't recognize the tag on my Pixel phone. If I hover this tag with NFC it scans it but just says something on the web page about smart things. Basically I think it will never work with non Samsung devices.
Correct
I was thinking about adding this to my dogs collar. Any thoughts?
is it compatible with pixel 3? specifically for uwb is this product compatible with cycle and as a gps tracker? please help. thanks a lot 😊
Question does SmartTag2 can excess your private info on your phone when you connected or after link with your phone?
So it basically functions like an Apple Airtag, will it not send a signal if there are no samsung galaxy devices nearby? (I'm planning on using it on my car which is in isolated parking space)
I have a question that wasn't covered in this explainer. Will the SmartTag work/connect from inside a bag or a hard case (Pelican) that media personnel usually keep our equipment in? Or does it have to be placed on the outside & exposed in order to do what it does? Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Absolutely works inside bags! I put inside a hard suitcase when I went to Europe recently and it was found by a nearby device no problem!
@@techwithbenefits Thanks for the info.
I’m thinking of switching from the Apple ecosystem over to Samsung, so i would like to learn as much as possible of the Samsung ecosystem. And This seems to be the right place.👍 👍
Same here I’m doing all research
Do it ! You'll never look back and your bank account will thank you !
Great video man !!! First time watching your chanel. Like and subscribe, you deserve it !! 👍👍
Good video, Question can a old phone use the Bluetooth feathers of the Samsung 2 tracker. I have a note 9 and is only android 10. Would be nice as I would not have to upgraded the phone right away. Thanks
Just a UWB precise AR finding is Unavailable ( without uwb once you're in range of the actual smart tag it gives you a power level metre so you can work out if you're closer or further away from the tag) And to be clear you need the S21 Plus or ultra or higher phone for UWB precise AR finding (fold 2 nor note 20 or higher as well)
Very detailed and informative video. Highlighted all the interesting features!!
Just got my tag. Thanks for your hints. In application let's say your luggage is tagged on a bus, and someone took it, could left behind function work as the tag goes further away from your phone?
That's correct. If the tag leaves your location or you leave the tags location and it isn't listed as safe place, the left behind notification would work!
After configuring the device on smartthings, can I use tracking on another non-Samsung smartphone?
Would you need to mwke eure your device that you track on meeds to be charged all the time to stay connected to your tags? I let my tablet die and now i have to reconnect my tags to the twblet but if im on a flight how do i do this if my bags are not with me?
So it basically works like the apple airtag with a few extra features? Thanks for the review 👍
THX Just ordered 8 - video was helpful as I was not clear on the features and size almost got he older pro.. Use: keys, dog, luggage, laptop bag, home automation.
If any of those things are stolen & you or the police recover them because of timely info. from a Smart Tag, Please tell us all about it. But I won't hold my breath & I would suggest you not hold out any faith in this thing being good for that type of tracking! Test it! Give it to a friend to drive away with in their car. Pretend your $5000 guitar was stolen & you are going to find it with this thing. I wish you the best of luck!!!
Can i use this to track my trucks or lawn equipment?
Can you use it with a Nokia XR21 smartphone?
will it pick up if people walking past are only using iphones? for example all bagge handlers at an airport have iphones will it still ping location
Hi great video 👏 very informative, but just wanted to know if i use one to find my car in case of it being stolen is the theif able to detect my tag in the car as a tag thats close to him as "something being placed in his backpack " but it really being a tag tracking my car if all that makes sense?
It absolutely makes sense. Short answer is yes, you can use it to track a car, long answer, it would need to pass by a Samsung user to be "found" or the their would need to be a Samsung user. The unknown tag alert is a toggle that needs to be turned on in smartthings. I'm not sure the distance it needs to be to a phone for it to recognise it.
@@techwithbenefits Not sure the question (or setting) was understood. A guy steals Jim's car. Jim has previosly put a connected Smart Tag in it somewhere because he wants to track the car if it is stolen. The thief knows about Galaxy Smart Tags and he has a Smart Things app. This app has a feature, if he turns it on, that can tell him if a Smart tag that is not his, is in the vicinity ('has been put in his backpack'). He turns the feature on. Lo' there IS a foreign Smart Tag nearby, and he looks for and finds the Smart Tag in the car, smashes it, and drives the car off. No more trackng for Jim (what his goal was) but Jim may know the last place the Smart Tag was pinged, and that may be remotely helpful.
Hallo, have Anyone weak signal from Smart Tag 2 compared to the 1st gen Smart Tag? The 1st generation was caught by my mobile phone a meters away from the bike, where it was hidden in a frame, this new one won't connect even when I put the mobile phone close to the frame. Thanks for your opinions
Hi good video, but you did not comment on the instructions that come with the tag, I for one can not get the QR code to open on my Samsung s23 Ultra
Let's say I put it together with my keys and then lose it (my keys), and someone picks it up.... So what if the person retrieving the keys doesn't have the smart things app or hasn't set up smart things? Will it still work?
It would be nice if one of the buttons could be used to measure distance during a hike. Is that possible? Or even if there was an app made to use the smart tag to measure distance.
Unfortunately not as it doesn't have dedicated GPS. You'd probably be looking at a Smartwatch for something like that!
Can you perhaps use the location history for that use? I often use it for longer bike trips.
Yes, please, on Smart Things video. You explain so well.
Can you use few different tags at once? Or only 1 TAG?
Can the tag be connected to 2 phones?
Thanks mate...
Does thia only work on samsung? Or all android snartphones?
In the "search nearby" feature, my display shows a dodgy 'hot cold' bar and no compass. Any reasons why that is the case?
Can you use it for capture on selfie mod ? :D
It would be greatfully appreciated if you could please do a in depth assessment of smart things as I am new to this aswell I was going to get the smart tag 2 and put it on my dogs collar on which I was after knowing if my dog walker was walking my dog far enough for the walk it would be greatfully appreciated if you think this tag will be useful for me pal okedokee m8e cheers for the work you do greatfully appreciated and great viewing pal okedokee m8e cheers again pal 👍 😀 👌
is more than 2 phones that can track the same tag ?
Good video. I've heard that this tag will not work properly for android phones that are not galaxy. Can you test this out on a Pixel or other android device? Also if it's true could it connect to a Samsung smart watch via the smart things watch app? Thanks.
That's correct. It needs SmartThings and only can be connected using the phone. So unfortunately it's not enabled to work with any other platform.
Apple airtag is iPhone or iPad, Samsung smarttag is Samsung Google was supposed to be last year enabling their version of Samsung/apple find my network and new partner tags to support it , that's still hasn't happened yet, but when they do it he bigger then iphone and Samsung offline network assuming it's enabled by defualt witch iPhone/iPad it is when setting up the phone Samsung it's not and it only pops up once after the first day or 2 if you want to enable it (to enable it afterwards you need go through 4-5 submenus to get to it)
Does this tag work without an internet connection. The original ones dont work without an Internet connection. No BT only mode.
I just got one and I am still trying to understand the SmartTag. Thank you for the video.
You will find it's really just a useless toy. It's NOT going to bring you to your stolen car, purse, guitar... It ( might) show on a map where it was 2 hours ago, If your lucky, but don't expect REAL TIME or accurate location mapping.
Will these support googles upcoming Find my device?
Do all Android devices participate in the Samsung Smart things find network or do these devices need the SmartThings app installed?
hi! can you activate the ST2 with a non-Samsung Android phone?
Thanks so much for the great video! I just ordered one because my brother's truck was stolen a few nights ago and he was able to find where it was parked in. The cops went and arrested the 2 guys that stole it!
If this is lost somewhere say like if I have left it at a store. I want to call the store back and ask them if it is there. Can I ring the tag from my location to make it easier by producing the audible sound for the cashier to find it so that I won't have to make a blank trip, and can speed of the recovery process. I can see where it is on the map, but I just want to double check. Also, I read at the batteries are supposed to last for about a year, but soon after I got my through the mail, it keeps saying that the battery is low. Is this faulty, or is this just the battery that was installed before I got it? I didn't have to pull off the blue tag between the battery that comes when you initially order it, but I feel like I should not be getting a little battery indication so far and this is for the two that I have activated. tag 14:25
still worth buying this product? or wait for something better coming over the horizon? i saw on reddit some users say to wait for google unified tag that suppose to work with all phones or something like that
I thought about the sufficient indicator and I think that's to minimise people overthinking the battery and feeling they need to replace it prematurely because of battery anxiety... ie, Low of 6-15% means you still have nearly 2 months of use, and even at 5% you will still have 18 days - that's a lot of time to change the battery.
A smartthings over view would be great!
I'll get started! Might be a while but it'll happen
Is it safe to say you can rename the tag ?
I got a couple of tag 2 thinking maybe I could use it for my dad as he may potentially get stroke.. do you think it would be possible for him to use the tag button when he isn't feeling well and get notification sent to my phone ?
I know that you can set it to do that. Push the button on the tag and you'll get a notification/text on your phone or tablet.
If another user with a Samsung phone passes near the smarting...do they have to have the SmartThings app downloaded? Activated? Or will any Samsung phone be able to detect and alert you about location? Thanks! Excellent video.
Nope.
@@allenpattiselanno "Nope" the other guy doesn't need to have the App installed or "Nope" it won't be able to detect and alert you?
@NeutronCollapse - Extracted the following from Samsung UK - "If your SmartTag is out of the 120-metre range of the BLE (Bluetooth low energy) connection, it will require the help of the Galaxy Find network to be located. The Galaxy Find network is made from other Galaxy device users that have agreed for their devices to be used as Find Nodes. Find Nodes receive the signal from lost SmartTags and send the location anonymously to the SmartThings server, allowing for you to find your SmartTag no matter how far away it is."
how do you disable ranbow beep sound on the tag
I'd like to see how you add a tag assigned to my phone to my wife's phone. She is running OS 12 and I could not figure out how to do it.
I want to leave the tag in my car as i often 'lose' it in car parks...how do i do that? Do i need to mark it as 'at a safe place' each time before i leave the car so it doesn't think I've 'left it behind' by accident?
What features and ability's do you loose when you turn power saving mode on?
does it work with any android devices?
I'll say good video dude.
If I have a zigbee enabled door lock, could the tag unlock it?
Would this show my real time location on the maps when tracking a dog on the move ?
Great video! Can you connect it to two phones? I haven' found anything that shows how. I've invited my wife to the location but none of the tags show on her phone.
You would have to use the same Samsung account on both devices
I bought this so that in case my dog ever runs off, I can find him. I want to walk him off-lead and on wilderness hikes without worrying he stumbles upon an Antelope Jackrabbit and quickly disappears from sight. I am interested to test this with a seperate connected Samsung Galaxy s20fe. I am trying to make sure that if he goes far into the wilderness I can find him if the phone picks up a signal. I bought the smarttag2 mostly for precise location. Thank you for the video. I also would be interested if there were a way to link his location to my DJI Mavic Mini. That would be pretty snazzy if I could hook my drone up and get it to autofly to his location while I'm traveling to him. Hopefully it never comes to him running off. Wish me luck.
Agreed, the 16% to 100% is crazy.. I have one in a collectable car i hardley drive and would love to know if it was 17% or 85%... I guess ill just change the battery's every 18months didnt see the sim pin hole ! many thanks i would have tried cracking it open like the old one with a screwdriver and a few curse words !!
I want to attach this tag on my bike to track it in case of theft. But witht the feature "un known tag" how can insure not to have the tag noticed by the thief?
Smart tags are cool to have if you are trying to discover something you lost but I'm more interested in preventing my Dads phones from getting lost in the first place. He always loses his phones! Isn't there a way to wear a smartwatch and use the Bluetooth connection between watch and phone to alert him with a strong vibration when he walks away too far from his phone and that Bluetooth connection breaks? This would prevent him from ever losing the phone in the first place. Why isn't this invented yet? Or is it? Please help!!!
My galaxy watch is always connected to my phone. When connection is lost (because I'm too far), it gives a 1sec vibration and a disconnecting sound on my watch. I think u need to activate it in settings. Maybe that'll work. Or yoy can try Bixby routines setting up a command. If his watch disconnects from his watch it'll ring. Try setting that up
Will this work well if i attach it to my motorcycle incase the bike is stolen
Can this be used to find pets eg a dog? a cow?...If so, within what range ..of you home and/or your phone? Thankyou.
Absolutely has a pet mode that can be enabled! I did mention it a little late in the video but it's there for sure
120 meters