System tracker model Chipolo introduced the Loop and Card, two new Bluetooth-powered merchandise trackers that may be recharged as an alternative of requiring customers to switch their batteries. The Loop and Card each help Apple’s Discover My and Google’s Discover My System networks, and can sit in Chipolo’s tracker lineup alongside the colorful Pop pucks that the corporate launched earlier this 12 months.
Each devices can be found to preorder for $39 beginning at present. The Loop shares an identical AirTag-like design to the Pop, albeit with a chunky color-coordinated silicone ring that’s designed to connect the tracker to your keys, baggage, and extra. It’s out there in white, black, navy, pink, yellow, or mint inexperienced. The Card design is self-explanatory, resembling a grey credit score card-shaped slab that may slot into wallets and phone-case pockets.
Chipolo says the Loop and Card will each final round six months on a single cost, which is longer than the 5 months of battery life supplied by Nomad’s Tracking Card. Whereas the Loop is recharged by way of USB-C, the Card is appropriate with Qi wi-fi chargers. Customers should provide their very own USB-C cables and Qi charger, nonetheless, as they’re not included with the Loop or Card.
Aside from the plain form and charging distinction, Chipolo’s new trackers solely fluctuate by most quantity when alerting customers to their location: 110 dB for the Card, and as much as 125 dB for the Loop. The trackers in any other case share comparable capabilities — each function a Bluetooth vary of 400 ft, for instance, which is larger than the 200-300 ft vary supplied by Chipolo’s Pop tracker. In addition they carry an IP67 score that makes them proof against mud and water, and may stand up to being submerged in as much as a meter of water for half-hour.