Airtag vs SmartTag 2 - I CHASED My Friend With Both - Who Wins? 

Couple of things to clarify: The person I was chasing had all of his devices in Flight Mode, which blocks all wireless connections, including Bluetooth to the tags and 5G to the Apple / Samsung servers I pressed the refresh button in the Samsung app, but all it actually does is ask Samsung's servers for an update, it can't contact the tag directly unless you're within Bluetooth range yourself We went to the centre of the 6th most populated UK city and sat in a restaurant with other people around. If it needs a more populated area than this then it's not much use This video wasn't intended to be an in depth review, but a little test for fun, but that doesn't mean I'm going to run an unfair test

Guys. 0:12 He is wearing an apple watch while carrying the apple air tag. 😒No shit the air tag will ping the location more frequently than the galaxy smart tag

Listen! this SmartTag2 works. Im based in Johannesburg and I left the tag in Gaborone Botswana which is 285kms away and i was still able to get updates of the status and where it was and how it was moving throughout the enire time.

For your information, the share location feature was not enabled on the smarttag.

This entire test was user error. You didn't use the refresh button on the app, and went to locations with zero people, which is how it tracks it. I guess it's amateur hour.

"There's not many of them out there." Wtf are you on.

The samsung usually updates more often and more accurately than the apple. The samsung also has a refresh button which is useful for trying to constantly get the current location. Would be great if you tested them both more thoroughly, over multiple locations and longer distances.

I've seen another test where the Smart Tag 2 won, with many more detections. One thing for sure, "Tile" doesn't compare to either Apple or Samsung.

My bike is stolen, has a samsung tag on it, will UWB help ? Idea is to get into the entry of the building, problem is it has 18 flats in each building and police needs to know the exact flat...

*Asks for coffee, ends up with Coca Cola* 🥲

Top drawer review chaps, brilliantly done.

I had a good trial run when I tested the tags out in Paris. I made the mistake of using my Google Pixel 7 as the data source (hotspot) and my Samsung S23 using that hotspot. the accuracy was very poor when doing it this way and the tags were very delayed when I did it this way. (note that my tags where paired to my Samsung S23) At the last day of our stay in Paris, I switched the data source so Data coming directly from the Samsung S23 now and not the Pixel and the accuracy of each tag I had jumped to almost more accurate location of where it was. Now that I am back in Canada with them, I can track the tag more real time also helps if you constantly press the refresh button to see where and if they moved.

Alex Gillon doing semi-product reviews. You love to see it.

Poor GB sitting outside so you could find him 😂 great vid mate

This was really helpful any chance you did a similar comparison with the tile?

Never thought this would be a tech review channel

I would love to see you repeat this experiment, but "train" the Galaxy Smarttag 2. As I understand your set up, the Apple tag may have had an advantage because it was already in service for a period of time before you started the Galaxy device. I enjoyed your method, but I would not rely on it for "complete" review until you have adjusted the process a bit. I like some of the other recommendations from other commenters. Thanks for your work and stay warm!

I think it would have been helpful to see if the NFC feature worked once you were in the immediate area. I want to buy the Samsung tag but I need to know it works

I don't think you understand how the Samsung Tag works. It doesn't need other Samsung phones to have the Smart Things app installed. It will ping any Samsung phone or tablet within range, that was produced withing the last around 5-6 years, and will use that to share a location. The reason you only got pinged once, is that it was a rainy day (few ppl outside), and he walked on very unpopulated places, and then stayed outside a very unpopulated cafe. It's not ideal, but these things depend on the population around. If you choose a sunnier day so that more people are outside and you chose a more populated location, you will get much better result. So this test that you performed was very badly planned and executed. It poorly informs the people about how the tag actually works and it really doesn't explain anything about the differences and advantages of each tag. It doesn't explain about UWB, it doesn't explain about the battery life, it doesn't even mention the new NFC info that the Samsung Tag2 has. You didn't make the effort to research the technology well, and since you didn't know it well, you couldn't present it well. Overall pretty disappointing.

Hi. Which one is better for tracking my kid? By the why Samsung dođeš not have an app like IPhone for sharing location?

You lost me at "we've only got oat milk.."

Congrats to GB for entering the friendzone of Alex Gillon

*car drives away naturally. dude: WHOHOOOHOOOOOHOHO.

5yo me stopped chasing after 1 min, headed home to watch tv, and took a nap

This was so good, gave me top gear x the gadget show vibes

That was a fun video. It just shows that the tags themselves, whether airtag or smarttag2, do the exact same thing. The success totally depends on by passers and the brand phone they are carrying for relaying the tag position their phone has picked up from the tag. A con for the smarttag is that a by passers Samsung phone only relays the tag position if they have the smartthings app installed. It wasn’t installed on mine by default.

He went somewhere where there were no people and therefore no other phones to ping his location. A better way would have been to track him around IKEA or somewhere there were more people.

May you please try Sumsung Airtag 1 vs Sumsung Airtag 2

Woo another IRL video, shocked at how late Samsung finally pinged an update, If GB kept moving you probably would've been searching all day with those late pings

Galaxy Smart Tag works within Bluetooth range and beyond that range, the tag must be near to any other Samsung phone (probably in public) to make it possible.

I have the Samsung Galaxy smartphone. And I have the brand new Samsung tracker. And it works perfectly fine. Have no problems with it. I love it. I'm from U.S Michigan

Today i learned alex has 2 channels

I recently bought smarttag, i gave it to my boyfriend and told him to go somewhere. The tag showed where he is 40 minutes after he left me. It's useless most of the time and there are some reasons. First of all, those who are buying Samsung they like the fact that they can control their phone. So most of the samsung's phone users have their phone's nearby device scanning option off. Or they usually turn off their bluetooth and this feature on samsung got out recently. But usually apple phone users don't have much control on their phone so all phones mostly do the same thing in finding nearby devices. So, I do ask samsung users to turn on the feature of "nearby device scanning" on in their phone. 😊

My Bloodhound found me from 19km away, no batteries or bluetooth needed, but it takes a lot of dry food😁!

You didn't use the Samsung refresh button on the app, and went to locations with zero people, which is how it tracks it. I guess it's amateur hour.

I am from Mozambique, bought 2 of these, and the result was very disappointing. Can't track anything outdoor, I ended up tracking my keys at home, as I often lose them 😢😢😢😢

I know this is a completely separate thing I dropped 1 of my Galaxy Bud pro2 while I was out in town when I realised it was gone checked the smart things app which gave me it's last known location connected to the phone backtracked in my wheelchair and there it was exactly where the app said it was.

My wife always forgets her phone at home going to work, can any of these work as a notifier if you leave phone coming out the door or in car.

That's because so many iphine user installed find my app in their phine and the usually turn bluetooth on (user airpods or apple watch) That's why apple airtags can send more ping

Hard thing to test but cool video. Its just impossible to have a fair playing field, would be interesting to do the same thing on Seoul 😂 At the end of the day the tech can be amazing but if just everyone is an iPhone pleb it wont work

I've seen several videos comparing these two. In all of them the smart tags update more accurately and more often than the airtags.

People dont get how this works... You dont need other's to install the app, just have "offline search: enabled in the settings. The phone asks you first time setting it up, if you turn it on your phone will ping tags and other devices and it also allows you to track your own phone if it ever gets lost without data, but i assume in the UK most people have iPhones and the Samsung users didnt turn it on un their settings. This would surely be very different in South Korea 😂

Bristol was practically empty. No wonder both tags were slow to update

Thx but did you clean that dog shit?

Conclusion: get a SmartDog

I love smarttag 2. Very fast tracking

That one Samsung ping could have been from the phone you were using to search with you were that close from the apple one.

Isn't it depends on the luck? If there are an iPhone near by, the air tag will ping. If there Samsung device near by, Samsung tag will ping.

Of course GB must always wear something Aston Martin

really tough for samsung, not only it needs another samsung phone but also to have the smart things enabled? I know many people with samsung phones but no one uses that app.

Looks like both of them failed!

Wearing apple watch of course it's got ping 😂

I prefer the Samsung galaxy tags 2 over the original Apple airtags. A lot more affordable. Mine is the choarcoal black ⚫️ 🖤.

By default Samsung phones don't have the UW turned on. If everyone turned it on boom

Lol they barely know how to use these tags. There's something called search nearby which will let you know whether you are walking in the right direction or not.

All Samsung tag, even the old one, work better than Apple tag

Is he trying to use an iphone to track the Samsung tracker!? I believe they only work with certain Samsung phones ..This is an iphone tag commercial 😂😂😂

In contrast to Apple AirTag's reliance on nearby Apple devices, Samsung's tracking technology utilizes the Android ecosystem, creating a mesh network with any nearby Android devices for location updates. While Android boasts a vast network globally, regions with fewer Android devices may experience limited location updates. Consequently, in areas with a higher concentration of Samsung devices, such as parts of Asia, Africa, and Australia, Samsung's tracking device may offer enhanced precision and functionality due to increased compatibility with local Android devices.

Both rely on people close by with the right phones

For the Samsung one once you are near you can actually search using your phone and it will connect to the tag as long as you are very near Another factor to consider is that maybe people around that areas was using iPhones instead of a Samsung Phones

Cool video, but the real question is.... who in their right mind buys a Porsche roadster with an AUTOMATIC tans? 😬

Thanks for this. I am a Samsung guy and I was considering buying this tag as a precaution but this was very disappointing.

I have several air tags Say hardly ever update My son rides almost 5 miles to work Might update once😂

 way better by far! 😊

Didnt set it to share location flawed experiment

USE THE NEARBY FIND

your board waiting? im board as fuck watching this video. zzz

10 min head start to a Porsche? Man 1 min should suffice...

Мне было холодно поэтому я пил напиток со льдом 😃

thanks for an honest real world review. first one ive actually seen. saved me the money

Lots of harsh samsung die hards in the comment section. I think you did a great realistic video. It not your fault the tag didn't work well. I would blame samsumg objectively even as a samsung s23 ultra owner. You can't have the expectation that weather will be great and people will be around when an item with your tag is stolen. Even if theres not many people around that's not your fault. 23 minutes is not okay and you pressed the refresh button. This is the reality of what can happen even in a dense city center. I think samsung has some work to do. I was suprised there wasn't a ping to a device at least inside a neaby building.

I see alot of mad Samsung users in the comments. But to be completely honest, it depends 100% on who happens to pass by with a compatible phone. That's it. Luck of the draw. In this particular test, it just happened that someone in the restaurant or on the patio had an iphone. I'm an iphone guy, but I wouldn't say either one is necessarily "better" than the other. They do the same damn thing, and it's mostly blind luck. Either one could ping faster on any given day depending on who walks past. Just saying.

dissapointed by samsung smarttag2 :-/ they need to set offline finding by default on.

Its actually 2 times

Моя личная метка Samsung даже меня неправильно показывает, иногда даже с отставанием на сутки

you have no idea about samsung tag...

Great video alex. Really enjoyed it.. Love from scotland mate.

user error!

It doesnt matter how much better and accurate the Samsung one if the requirements for it to ping the tag are so rare, I know so many people that have a Samsung and none of them have the Smarttag app installed so makes the tag useless.

The friend have i phone that why its ping faster

this is the most useless bt tracking test I have ever seen lol. the only value here is the entertainment value of listening to mr headlamp yabber non stop for 10 minutes on a goose chase

Airtag is warning you if a devise is nearby (thief). Completely useless.

Okay, so the SmartTag is absolutely totally useless then. Because no-one has a Samsung phone WITH that specific app installed. Pointless. That's about 1% of phones. Where as AirTag utilises literally any remotely recent iPhone, right?

It's not about tag. I will depend on network of smartphone. So, if you go over place where there is many samsung users then obviously samsung will do better and vice versa. 9:13 The only thing that he missed is he should have pinged the tag and find the location with smartphone first. He just went and searched the person and not the tag itself.

As former owner of multiple AirTags, and current owner of multiple SmartTags, I can assure you the SmartTag works, and works verry well.

if the Samsung tracker needs bluetooth to track, then it's absolute garbage

Clearly you don't use Android at all

Ya flight mode sorta makes this whole test and video pointless

Samsung has more users and has been proven to track better than Apple...this seems like you've messed this up somehow.

What phone does the person being tracked have? He has an apple watch so he probably has an iPhone with him giving his apple tag a major unfair advantage. His phone should have been switched off so it wouldn't influence the test. This video is very poorly thought through. You should delete it and redo the test

Blootooth range???? Garbage!

I think your talking bolloz

From the start, it's a bias review.

So much pointless blathering.

always Samsung Vs apple ??? why all this hate for apple ???? apple is apple top 1

Galaxy SmartTag is WAY better than Crapple. That is all.

When you put a Apple vs Samsung in your thumbnail, we expect the video to be thorough and fair for both brands. What a disappointing video.

Fake video. Samsung tracker is much better

Terrible terrible review. No training. Goofy setup. This video is not as "cute" as you think it is. 🙄

Downvoted. This shouldn't be up on RU-vid. Desinformation.