Samsung’s SmartThings Find is the counterpart of Apple’s Find My network. The service has reached another milestone as Samsung announces that SmartThings Find has reached 200 million “nodes” worldwide that help locate lost devices and items. A node is any Samsung device that is signed up for SmartThings Find.
We are proud and excited to see the rapid growth of the SmartThings Find service. In less than two years, 200 million devices have chosen to help fellow Samsung Galaxy users find their lost devices, making it one of Samsung’s fastest-growing services.” – TM Roh, President and Head of Samsung Mobile Mobile Experience Business
Any Samsung Galaxy smartphone registered with the SmartThings Find network can find and participate in their devices, wearables or Smart Tags to help others find their lost items. Samsung launched the Galaxy SmartTag and SmartTag+ that use Bluetooth Low-energy and UWB (Ultra-wide band) to track nearby devices.
Samsung Galaxy Smart Tag
If a device or item with a SmartTag is lost, nearby Galaxy devices registered with the SmartThings Find network can provide the item’s approximate location securely and anonymously. Device IDs on the network change every 15 minutes and are stored securely with encryption. The SmartThings Find app also has a tool for manually discovering unknown SmartTags that the user may be unknowingly carrying.