Chipolo has introduced a brand new Bluetooth tracker referred to as the Pop, that includes the identical brilliant shade choices as its Chipolo One however with help for each Apple’s Discover My and Google’s Discover My Gadget networks. The Chipolo Pop additionally has a a lot bigger Bluetooth vary than the corporate’s present lineup of trackers and options improved water and dirt resistance, increasing the place it may be used.
Beforehand, Chipolo supplied three variations of its disc-shaped AirTag-like trackers. The $25 Chipolo One labored with Chipolo’s personal app and restricted community, the $28 Chipolo One Spot labored with Apple’s Discover My community, and the $28 Chipolo One Level supported Google’s Discover My Gadget community. The brand new Chipolo Pop is appropriate with each Apple’s and Google’s networks (however solely one by one), so that you don’t have to fret about selecting the proper model that works along with your units — a comfort effectively definitely worth the Pop’s small value bump to $29.
The Pop tracker is 1.53 inches in diameter, making it a few half-inch bigger than 1 / 4, and measures a few quarter of an inch thick. It’s obtainable in blue, black, inexperienced, pink, white, and yellow shade choices and is powered by a user-replaceable CR2032 coin cell battery that may maintain it working for as much as a 12 months.
It options the identical 120dB alarm as Chipolo’s different trackers however boosts Bluetooth vary from 200 toes to 300 toes, probably making it simpler to find. The Pop additionally options an improved IP55 score, that means it’s each dust- and water resistant, however not waterproof. You may clip one to your canine’s collar and never fear about them being out within the rain, however ought to your pup go for an extended swim, the Pop gained’t survive a whole dunking.
Though the tracker is designed to work with Apple’s and Google’s monitoring apps, it’s additionally appropriate with Chipolo’s personal app, which presents distinctive options. You may change the sound the Pop makes when pinged, get a notification while you unintentionally depart one thing behind (solely on Android), use the Pop as a distant digital camera shutter, and ring your misplaced cellphone by squeezing the tracker twice, even when it’s set on silent.
