HTC Fetch: never your belongings with small Bluetooth Tracker - Android World

You know that feeling: you are about to leave and, yes, your keys are nowhere to be seen again. A new accessory called HTC Fetch should change that will bring. The Fetch you can prevent things from being stolen and if the device is to use. Wireless shutter

HTC Fetch

HTC Fetch is a label that you can make for example your purse or your keys. fixed The device you connect to your smartphone via Bluetooth and from that moment, these interconnected. When the object to which you have attached the Fetch then further than 15 meters from your phone goes off, an alarm goes off. When the tag away from the smartphone becomes, is the last location where the two were still stored together. This lets you know sooner or your bag now left standing at the sports club or that he is still just in the trunk of the car is.

Because the Fetch uses Bluetooth Smart (BLE) it consumes little power. This allows the device with a button battery do a half years. Moreover, the battery is to be replaced. Also competitor Nokia seems to work on a similar accessory and HTC Fetch resembles the small tags of Tile. The tags of Tile have a perk: when you specify an item as stolen, other smartphones with the Tile application automatically forward a signal when in range of a stolen tag. Since this is a software solution, it is possible that HTC finally this function will also add to the Fetch application. When you tag stolen and is beyond the reach of your phone, there namely no way yet to detect it.

Fetch has another interesting feature. Because there is a button that can be used as a shutter for the camera of your smartphone. Use So you can remotely example take group photos where you include yourself. Furthermore you more of these smart tags to attach a device: it is possible to use up to three tags at the same time.

Availability

HTC has not yet announced the tags and it is not yet clear whether the accessory will be in the Netherlands. sold Since the tags with Bluetooth Smart work is still as in demand which devices will be HTC Fetch supported. It seems likely that they will work, at least with multiple brands but since there only from Android 4.3 native support for Bluetooth Smart, it will probably take a while before the majority of devices use comb of this smart accessory.

The tags have to cost.

about 30 pounds (35 euros converted)

Source: Clove via SlashGear

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