#Google 'find my device' trackers (e.g. Chipolo Point) vs Tile trackers

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rocky raptor
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I currently have a number of Tile trackers, and they're effective at picking up when my phone was last near them, but rarely update their locations beyond that, due to the lack of Tile users near me. If I'm away from home, sometimes the Tile trackers I have sitting at home will update, presumably from a Tile user driving past, but it often puts the tracker in the wrong location, treating them as 'away' from home.

I'm curious as to how google 'find my device' trackers compare, such as the 'Chipolo Point'. By the sounds of it, the coverage ought to be much better than Tile, as I'd expect it to effectively be a superset of Tile's coverage.

  1. How good is the accuracy & update frequency for these trackers?
  2. How well do they integrate into home assistant? Do they show up as a device_tracker entity as long as you have the google integration?
modern tusk
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I have a Chipolo one point.
1: for me in the Netherlands in a populated area, the update frequentie is fine/good. The accuracy is as good as the range of bluetooth. Since the phone does not know where the tracker is, it only detects it. So the last location is the location where a Android phone the tracker spotted.
2: I have not gotten it in home assistant. And for what I know it is not possible to get the tracker in home assistant. I also don't like it that I can not setup a geo fence or something like that.

rocky raptor
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Ah thank you for the info. That will be a deal breaker for me if I can't use it in home assistant