Moto Tag finally gets precise UWB location tracking

The Apple AirTag and Moto Tag adjacent to 1 another. | Image: Motorola

Promised mode backmost in June 2024, the Moto Tag determination tracker is yet rolling retired UWB enactment via a firmware update. That makes it the archetypal tracker connected Google’s Find Hub web to enactment ultra-wideband tracking, which is superior to Bluetooth since it uses region and directional arrows to usher owners with compatible phones to their mislaid tags.

To update your Moto Tag you’ll request the 01.00.073.10-release of the Moto Tag app from the Play Store. You tin past use the 2.0.93 firmware with UWB support. You’ll besides request a modern Android telephone that supports UWB, which includes newer Galaxy and Pixel flagships.

We can’t blasted Motorola for the hold here, since Google’s Find Hub determination web (previously called Find My Device) only recently lit up with UWB support. Samsung’s web for its SmartTags has supported UWB since motorboat successful 2020, portion Apple’s web for AirTags has supported it since motorboat successful 2021. 

My workfellow Dom recently enactment Google’s determination tracking web to the test, pitting a fig of trackers, including the Moto Tag and Apple AirTag, against each other. It’s worthy a work to recognize the tradeoffs successful privateness and precision.