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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • This is disappointing, especially that Tile worked better than the other Android options. I was hoping that the new trackers would be a better option.

    I’ve used Tile and they’re okay, but occasionally buggy. I once deliberately left a Tile in another country and it would usually show the correct location, but occasionally report it as found near me. Support were in denial, claiming that I must have brought it with me, as if it could somehow go across the Atlantic and back by itself.

    I do think that checking baggage is a poor test case though. The bags are probably far from any person’s phone when begin transported.

    I also wonder why they needed 4 phones to test. Wouldn’t Tile and the pebblebe/chilplo trackers also work on the Samsung?



  • Before even getting to documentation, I see so many projects that don’t have a short summary of what they do (and maybe what to not expect them to do).

    As an example, Home Assistant. I can tell that it involves home automation, so can I replace Google Home with it? It seems like it doesn’t do voice recognition without add-ons and it can work with Google Assistant. Do I still need accounts with the providers of smart appliances, or can it control my bulbs directly?

    None of that is very clear from the website.

    I’ve seen plenty of other projects where it’s assumed there’s no need to explain it’s overall purpose.