New uTag app lets you use Samsung SmartTags on non-Samsung devices | Infinium-tech

There are many competitive smart tag networks – which is not very good because there is a number of strength for such a network (the more users are, the better tracking). Google launched its Find My Network last year and is considered to be “a true Find My Network for Android”, but it still does not work very well. Samsung’s smartthings are good, but it is only available to the owners of Galaxy phones.

No more, developer Kieron Quinn created the UTAG app (“Universal Tag”), which allows any Android phone (OS version 11 and new) to use Samsung smarttags. The app also has some features that decrease the official Samsung app.

You can download utag from the project Githb pageWhere you will find a pre-made APK. The app is a perfectly open source, as the developer wants his users feel comfortable that nothing is shady. You can also join the project Strings If you have questions.

Here is a difficult part – Utag will download and install a modified version of the Smartathings app. You will have to sign in that app once and once again access the UTAG till Samsung API. The official app will refuse to work on non-concert devices, the revised version removes this check (and it also has a code that talks to the UTAG app).

Quote on action, tracking which is UWB.

Once done once, you can do everything, start with installing a new smarttag. You can use UWB for accurate tracking (direction and distance). You can also share a tag with your family members. And you can contribute back to the smartthings network, so the tag spotted by your phone can be tracked by their owners. Obviously, the only thing that does not work is the mode of domestication.

Then there are some features that you will not find in the Smartathings app. UTAG can automatically scan for unknown tags with you – this is to prevent someone from using the tag to track you. In addition, you can add widgets to your homescreen that shows the location of a specific tag or a location history.

UTAG Smartathings can contribute back to the network, as well as many additional features

You can follow the source link for a informative post by the developer of UTAG, which covers all features and why things work the way they do. And if you were wondering whether Airtag support could be added, it is not the answer – Airtags are not supported on Android. There are methods around it, but they are much more complex than a modeled version of the official app (which is not even present).

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