Losing personal items makes one feel frustrated. Having to look everywhere for misplaced car keys, remotes or phone is annoying. The worst is trying to find a stolen car and other valuable belongings.
Luckily, there are tech gadgets that can help you easily find misplaced and lost things. What are some of the options you have?
4 Amazing Tech Gadgets to Help You Find Missing Personal Items
1. Find My iPhone or Find My Device
This is for people who are constantly losing track of their phones. These are free apps that can be used to find iPhones and Android phones respectively. Users can use other devices or computers to find the lost device through these apps. Both apps are free to join and use.
You will need an iCloud account to use Find My iPhone. After login, you can search for the missing device. The app will search and find the phone’s GPS location. You can use this to find it or request to have a loud sound played on the phone.
If you suspect that the phone has been stolen or is in the wrong hands, Find my iPhone allows you to erase data remotely. You could also prompt the app to show the message ‘This phone is lost. If found contact…’
Find My Device is a similar working app that could help with finding Android devices. Users can find lost devices, erase data from them or lock them.
2. GPS Trackers
GPS trackers can be placed on different personal items such as cars. The Global Positioning System (GPS) technology used by these trackers gives accurate location details. It is no wonder that this technology has been used by car insurance providers to keep track of cars under their coverage. The tracker is connected to an application that may be installed on a phone and the location monitored remotely.
When choosing GPS tracking to use, find one that is easy to use and gives accurate position updates. They are easy to install and use. You only need to stick the tracker to the item you want to keep track of and later monitor this on your phone.
It gives accurate location details plus a lot more information. It will show the ignition status of your car, the speed at which it is moving, and a pictorial depiction of how the car is moving.
3. Pet Finders
Whether you are a cat or dog person, or anything in between, your pet could run off at any time. You could try to find him/her manually by walking around as you call their name but this may not always work. Plus, it is a waste of time. You do not want your beloved pet to end up in the shelter, right? Fit him or her with a pet tracker device.
Pet finders can be connected to the animal’s collar. The tracker will communicate with an app on your phone that shows the location and you can just walk up to your pet by following the directions. Find a pet finder that also doubles as a fitness tracker and beat two birds with one stone. There are many different pet trackers but their working mechanism is similar.
4. Tile Tracker or Click-N-Dig
Small things like remotes, keys, and bags can easily get stuck in small places. Finding them is not easy but with the help of tracking apps, you can do it. There are many options including Tile Tracker and Click-N-Dig. These apps work in a similar manner.
Tile tracker comes with a small tracker that can be attached to anything. There is also an app (may be installed on any device) that is connected to this tracker and if anything is lost you can easily find it. The app will show you the location of the item and you can request for a sound to be played by the tracker. Follow the sound to find where the misplaced item is.
On the other hand, Click-N-Dig comes available as a transmitter and receiver. The receivers may be attached to commonly misplaced items. When an item is lost, pressing a button on the transmitter and the receiver will make a beeping sound and give a light flash.
Bottom Line
With technological advancements, finding missing personal items has become very easy. You only need to find a suitable option and you will find whatever you have lost with ease.
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