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What is better to locate a lost phone

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galaxyUser09
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A smart tag, if its attached to the phone, or google assistant ?
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N0Y0U2114
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Google Assistant requires another device, smart tag requires you to be close to the device that is missing. I think using both the Google find my system and the smart things fine system to get near, and then using a smart tag, as you are not required to have the lost device connected to a network for it to work
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LongHiker
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@galaxyUser09 I think that they are pretty similar. The phone has to be connected to the network or a nearby device. A Smart Tag has to be seen by a nearby device. 

The big difference might be if the device is on or not. You would think that the Smart Tag battery would still be working so it might be more reliable. 

Also if the phone is stolen, I would think that the thief would remove any Smart Tag. 

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DanG92263
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Neither. You can locate your phone via SmartThings, even have it ring your phone for you and more, which is better IMHO.

https://smartthingsfind.samsung.com/login
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meself
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There's the find my device feature not sure if the update is out yet but there's suppose to be improvements in it
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