Sooner or later, all bicycle house owners have skilled the nervousness of probably dropping their bikes. It’s usually tough to trace down a lacking bicycle, resulting in roughly 35,000 bikes¹ per yr being deserted on the streets and finally ending up in landfills in Korea.

Samsung Electronics is providing a brand new resolution to assist alleviate these issues for bike house owners. Just lately introduced on the Samsung Developer Convention 2023 (SDC23), the Galaxy SmartTag2 — a cell accent that tells customers the place their belongings are situated primarily based on Bluetooth and SmartThings Discover with out the necessity for GPS — is a brand new manner to assist forestall bike loss.

With a a lot smaller measurement in comparison with the earlier mannequin, the upgraded tag might be simply hooked up wherever. The Galaxy SmartTag2’s search location has turn out to be much more correct, because of ultra-wideband (UWB) assist. With Misplaced Mode, your contact info and messages might be shared with anybody who locates your belongings when she or he tags the Galaxy SmartTag2 with an NFC-enabled smartphone.

Learn on to learn the way the Galaxy SmartTag2 may help you get into gear in your journey and safeguard your bicycle.

STEP 1. Join the Galaxy SmartTag2 to Your Galaxy Gadget, Then Connect the Tag to Your Bike

To activate the Galaxy SmartTag2, begin by registering the gadget in your SmartThings app. The method is easy: the SmartTag2 will mechanically be detected when positioned close to your Galaxy smartphone or pill. Merely deliver the tag to your telephone or pill throughout the preliminary registration, and a pop-up window with set up directions will seamlessly information you thru setup.

▲ A tool registration pop-up will seem once you maintain your Galaxy SmartTag2 near your Galaxy smartphone.

Observe the onscreen directions to register the SmartTag2 in your SmartThings app. Subsequent, give a reputation to the item you’re tagging, for instance, “Bike.” You possibly can modify this title everytime you like.

▲ The Galaxy SmartTag2 might be linked to your gadget and not using a prolonged set up course of. You can too designate a novel title in your gadget.

As soon as the setup is full, it’s time to connect the SmartTag2 to your bicycle. The Galaxy SmartTag2, identified for its smooth and compact design, might be safely positioned inside your bike’s pouch or discreetly below the seat, holding it out of plain sight.

▲ Place the Galaxy SmartTag2 inside a bicycle bag or connect it below the seat

If you wish to fully conceal the Galaxy SmartTag2, strive utilizing the devoted protecting case.² Merely place the tag inside this protecting case and fasten it behind your bike’s bottle cage to fully conceal the tag.

▲ (From left) The Galaxy SmartTag2 might be positioned inside a protecting case. The Galaxy SmartTag2’s protecting case might be hidden and hooked up to your bike’s bottle cage.

STEP 2. If You Can’t Discover Your Bike, Strive Checking Its Location and Looking the Route Utilizing SmartThings Discover

What for those who’ve misplaced your bicycle? Step one is to open SmartThings Discover inside SmartThings app in your smartphone and rapidly pinpoint your bike’s present location.

▲ You possibly can examine the situation of your bike with SmartThings Discover.

When you’ve recognized the situation of your misplaced bike on the map, you may rapidly head to that spot utilizing the Navigate characteristic for instructions. SmartThings Discover helps in style apps comparable to Naver Map, Kakao Map and T Map, permitting you to decide on your most popular map and making it simpler to retrieve your bicycle.

▲ You possibly can examine the path to the situation of your bike utilizing the Navigate characteristic on SmartThings Discover.

STEP 3. Discover the Location of Your Misplaced Bike Extra Precisely Utilizing the AR Digicam

Should you’ve reached a location close to the spot the place your misplaced bicycle is proven on the map app however nonetheless can’t pinpoint its precise whereabouts, click on Search close by to trace it down utilizing the alerts transmitted by the Galaxy SmartTag2.

▲ The Search close by characteristic reveals you the situation of your misplaced object extra precisely by detecting the energy of the alerts from the Galaxy SmartTag2. Through the use of it together with the Ring characteristic, it is possible for you to to seek out your belongings even faster with the sound coming from the situation of the Galaxy SmartTag2.

That includes UWB know-how, the Galaxy SmartTag2 presents the Discover Utilizing Digicam characteristic, which makes use of augmented actuality (AR) that will help you discover your issues with larger accuracy and ease. After tapping Discover Utilizing Digicam, you may monitor down your misplaced bike by following the arrows in your display screen.

▲ You could find your bike utilizing the Discover Utilizing Digicam characteristic.

STEP 4. Add an Additional Layer of Safety With Misplaced Mode

Misplaced Mode provides one other stage of safety in defending your bicycle. With this new characteristic, you may add your contact info and messages — making them accessible to anybody who finds your bike and scans the Galaxy SmartTag2 utilizing an NFC reader on their smartphone.

Because of the Bluetooth Low Vitality (BLE) capabilities, the tag will detect and ship notifications to different Galaxy customers passing by your bike. Misplaced Mode additionally prevents different Galaxy customers from connecting to your Galaxy SmartTag2 by locking the pairing course of.

▲ Whenever you scan the Galaxy SmartTag2 with an NFC reader in your smartphone, you may entry the proprietor’s contact info together with any personalised messages.

The Galaxy SmartTag2 comes with extra safety features. The Notify when left behind characteristic alerts you in case your bike strikes too far out of your smartphone. Moreover, the Location historical past characteristic permits you to assessment your bike’s location historical past from the previous week, offering additional assurance that your priceless bike stays protected and sound.

▲ (From left) The Notify when left behind characteristic and the Location historical past characteristic

Because of the Galaxy SmartTag2, you may journey your bike with peace of thoughts — realizing you can monitor its location anytime, wherever. Keep tuned to Samsung Newsroom for extra suggestions and methods for the Galaxy SmartTag2.

¹ Common variety of deserted bicycles collected from 2019 to 2021 (Supply: Statistics Korea Korean Statistical Data Service (KOSIS), as of September 2022)
² Protecting case equipment for the Galaxy SmartTag2 are bought individually.