The scheduled rollout of the Samsung Galaxy SmartTag+ in the United States did not happen on April 16. There is no online availability of the device at various online platforms, including Samsung’s website. However, the Galaxy SmartTag+ has successfully berthed in South Korea, Samsung’s home turf, and is available in two color variants across online stores and platforms. The SmartTag+ is available in black or denim blue colors and sells at KRW 39,600 (about $36) via Samsung’s online store, Samsung Digital Plaza stores across the country, and other online retail outlets.

The trajectory of the SmartTag+’s development was well captured when we had hinted in December 2020 of the SmartTag+ patent and a few weeks back about its scheduled rollout on April 16. The SmartTag+ is an improved version of Samsung’s SmartTag. It uses Bluetooth LE technology and ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, making it have a greater range (120m) and a capacity to locate devices outside the Bluetooth range using the UWB technology and the SmartThings Find service on a UWB-enabled phone. The SmartTag+ also uses augmented reality (AR) technology to enhance its ability to pinpoint a missing item’s location more accurately.

The SmartTag+ provides a few solutions, from locating a lost item to tracking a stolen item, with the help of the SmartThings Find service. The tag can be configured to interface with your smart home devices, making it possible to operate the gadgets via your WEB-enabled smartphones. The SmartThings Find service can only be effective in places where there are a sufficiently large number of users of the service to draw from the pooling resources of users in the vicinity of the stolen or missing device.

No information is available yet on the availability in the US market. We still expect that US consumers would get the gadget within a short while, possibly days.

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Samsung has again provided an intelligent solution to finding lost items with the launch of the Galaxy SmartTag+ for the global market. The device was announced in January this year alongside the Galaxy SmartTag but the launch was revealed to be later in the year while the SmartTag went on sale immediately. Earlier this month, the device was listed for pre-order in the US by retailer B&H Photo.

The Galaxy SmartTag+ features advanced technology to assist users in locating tagged objects without any hassles quickly. The device can be attached to items prone to be misplaced, like your bunch of keys and several other everyday things, and you’re sure of locating the item quickly whenever you’re searching for them, using the SmartThings Find service on your smartphone.

The Galaxy SmartTag+ uses both Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ultra-wideband (UWB) technology to precisely map the tagged object’s location. It then deploys augmented reality (AR) technology to visually guide the user to the object’s location using the smartphone’s camera. The AR Finder on the smartphone gives you the distance from your tagged object and gives you directions until you are close to the object. A buzzer can be activated on the SmartTag+ to notify you when you are at a touching distance from the object.

The UWB technology implemented on the Samsung Galaxy SmartTag+ has set the current tag ahead of its predecessors, as it can precisely pinpoint the location of things and reduce the stress of still searching for the object even when you’re in its vicinity. The Executive Vice President of Samsung’s Mobile Communications arm, K. J. Kim, notes that Samsung will continue to explore UWB technology throughout the Galaxy ecosystem and find new ways to leverage the technology to improve people’s everyday lives in comfort and convenience.

The Galaxy SmartTag+ will also help you locate your lost item even when it’s far away. Using the app, you can easily find the missing object. Samsung has provided an exciting approach to help you get back your device, using the resources of nearby tags and the Samsung server.

The Bluetooth range is about 120m, although this is greatly limited when there are obstacles ahead of the object. The SmartTag+ will only work on Android 8.0 or above and a minimum RAM capacity of 2.0GB. Also, location tracking must be activated through the SmartThings Find service of the app, and the SmartTag+ can only work with Galaxy devices with UWB technology.

The Galaxy SmartTag+ will be available from April 16 in select markets globally but it would be available in the US in the coming weeks.

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