How to Use the Samsung Galaxy SmartTag to Find Misplaced Items

You can easily lose your smartphone, as well as your keys and wallet. We usually spend about 6 months of our lives searching only for lost and misplaced items, and this number can be troubling considering how precious time is. Fortunately, with a little better planning, we can all save some time. But if you often misplace your everyday items like bike keys, wallets or purses, smart tags like the Samsung Galaxy SmartTag can save you time.

These are small tile-like objects that help you find misplaced items. It has a small hole at the top so you can easily hang them on your car keys or put them in your wallet or purse. As long as the battery of SmartTag is working, you will be able to track it with the help of your smartphone.

The only catch is that this technology is (for now) only available on Samsung smartphones.

How does Samsung SmartTag work and how do you enable it to find your lost or lost items? Well, that’s what we’re going to find out in this post today. Lets start.

What is Samsung SmartTag

As mentioned earlier, Samsung SmartTag helps you find your misplaced items. This little device uses Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology to help you locate it. This scenario works as long as the sticker is near your phone. Otherwise, the tag uses other Galaxy smartphones to find the SmartTag’s BLE signal, allowing you to recover your misplaced items.

SmartTag connects to the SmartThings app and the SmartThings Find module on your Galaxy phone to connect and search. For the newbies, the SmartThings app is a great way to help Samsung’s IoT and other connected Galaxy phones, such as headphones, stickers, etc. It is the center of smart products such as

The best part about this sticker is that once connected you can find your phone too. There is a button at the top that allows you to do the same. All you have to do is press twice. And the story doesn’t end there. You can also control some compatible smart home appliances using SmartTag.

The Control Things module works like IFFTT apps when you press a button on your SmartTag, connected devices execute a step. Is not it beautiful?

Now that the decision is made, let’s see how to use this SmartTag to help you find misplaced items.

How to Install and Use Samsung SmartTags

As mentioned earlier, the SmartTag product works with the SmartThings application. Follow the steps below to perform the initial setup.

Stage 1: Open the SmartThings app on your Galaxy phone and update the app if necessary. Next, hold the SmartTag close to your phone and press the center button and you will see a popup on your phone.

You can press the start button and your Samsung account will save the sticker.

Step 2: Once this is done you will need to set the name of the device.

Here you may be prompted to choose the location of your label. If this is your first time, the standard permissions for Location will pop up and you’ll know what to do with them.

Once complete, you will be able to see the status of the tag in the SmartThings app. The app will show the status as Nearby when you are in the same location.

Using the tag is not super rocket science. When you need to find something specific, hit the View Map button and hit the Bell button. This will cause the tag to emit a series of high-pitched tones, which will help you find it. And guess what, you can even change the ringtone and the sound of the sticker.

Again, if the tag is far from where you are, you can use the Navigate button to allow turn-by-turn navigation of the map. Note that the SmartThings Find module will only show the last known location on your map.

The good thing about the Search Nearby button is that it gives you an estimate of how close or far the device is. A full indicator means you’re near the tag, and a tap on the Ring button will do the trick. If you notice that the device has a weaker signal, you will need to move around to see where it is.

Additional features

Another useful feature of this tag is that you can use it to locate your phone. So if you put your phone in the wrong place, all you have to do is press the button on the sticker twice. This will make your phone ring if it’s nearby. If not, it will work similarly and use other Galaxy phones to find it. Note that these phones will also need SmartThings installed.

To enable it, toggle the button next to ‘Let the tag find you button…’ and select your phone from the list.

Galaxy SmartTag Limitations

Samsung SmartTag only works on Samsung Galaxy phones for now. You will need other Galaxy smartphones for this technology to work seamlessly across locations.

So, if your spouse or any member of your household has an iPhone or other Android phone, they can’t take advantage of those phones to help you find your lost items. If you must know, your phone can use other trackers (like Tile Mate) with other Androids.

Be smart

The BLE-equipped SmartTag isn’t the only tag out there. The company has another tag with ultra-wideband support that gives you a more precise location and doesn’t just depend on Bluetooth. However, they will be functional on Galaxy phones with UWB, such as the Galaxy S21.

So where do you plan to use the Samsung Galaxy SmartTag? We vote for wallets and car keys. What about you?