Tile Pro Series
Reviewer’s Guide
Contents
Meet the Tile Pro Series
How Tile Works
Product Specs
Range Testing Protocol
Sport
Style
Meet the Tile Pro Series
THE NEW PRO SERIES
Rugged and waterproof, the all-new Tile Sport
attaches to anything and is ready to find your
things no matter where life takes you.
THE NEW PRO SERIES
Find your things in style. Never lose what matters
most with the new Tile Style, the perfect blend of
form and function.
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How Tile Works
You can locate your item via the Tile app on select iOS or Android phones.
You can also use your Tile to find your phone.
• Locate by sound. Ring your Tile from the app or double press your Tile to
ring your phone - even on silent.
• Last place seen. The app always shows the last time and place it saw your
Tile. Simply open the app to view the map.
• Community Find. If your Tile moved location since the app last saw
it, tap the Notify When Found button in the app. This will securely and
anonymously put all other Tile apps on the lookout for your Tile. You’ll
receive an alert when another Tiler comes within range of your item. We
call this feature Community Find.
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Setting Up Your Tile
1. Turn on Bluetooth on your phone under settings.
2. Download the Tile app from the App Store or
Google Play Store.
3. Register your account.
4. Setup your first Tile by pressing the “+” sign in the
left corner.
5. Press the button on the front of your Tile to pair
it to the app.
Ringing Your Tile*
1. Open up the Tile app to find your list of Tiles.
2. Tap the Tile that you are looking for and
want to ring.
3. Tap the green “Find” button.
4. Listen for your Tile tune.
5. After you’ve found your Tile, tap the blue
“Done” button to make your Tile stop ringing.
* Note: You need to be in Bluetooth range (up to 200 ft.) and connected
to your Tile to ring it. You can tell if you’re in range by the color of the ring
surrounding the Tile icon in your app. If it’s green, you’re good to go!
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Ringing Your Phone (Reverse Ring)
1. Double press the circle button on your Tile. If your lost
phone is within Bluetooth range*, it will ring loudly—even
on silent.
2. If your phone is lost and it’s far away, finding it is still
easy. Log into your account on our website to see your
phone’s last known location, to make it ring, or to send a
lock-screen message to whomever might have found it.
* Note: Phone must be within Bluetooth range in order to reverse ring
your phone
Selecting Your Tile Ringtone
1. Tap the Tile you would like to select a ringtone for.
2. Tap “Options”, then “Details” and then “Ringtone”.
3. Preview the available ringtones and tap “Save” for
your favorite.
4. Your ringtone will begin to download onto your Tile,
which may take up to 20 seconds.
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Volume Control
1. The Tile Pro Series oers three volume selections -
silent, normal and loud. Once you’ve selected a Tile, you
will be able to adjust its volume when it’s in “Find” mode.
Using the Proximity Meter
1. If you’re within Bluetooth range, use the proximity
meter to visually guide you to your Tile.
2. Select a connected Tile and then tap the green
circle around it.
3. The rings indicate signal strength from your Tile.
Take a few steps around you. If you’re going in the
right direction, the rings will fill, indicating that the
signal is getting stronger and that the Tile is nearby.
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Product Specs
Tile Style
Size: 37.5mm x 37.5mm x 5.9mm
Weight: 11g
Color: White and champagne
Waterproof: IP68 (1.5m for 30 mins)
Battery: 1 year non-replaceable.
Eligible for reTile program
37.5mm
Tile Sport
Size: 40mm x 40mm x 5.9mm
Weight: 15g
Color: Dark slate and graphite
Waterproof: IP68 (1.5m for 30 mins)
Battery: 1 year non-replaceable
Eligible for reTile program
40mm
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Range Testing Protocol
Introduction
This section aims to provide recommended guidelines for an accurate, controlled
test of Bluetooth tracker range. Bluetooth range can be impacted by a number of
dierent variables including the operating environment, humidity, whether or not
the measurement was taken near a body of water, WiFi trac, and foot trac in
between the Bluetooth connections. It’s important to control these variables as
best as possible so that Bluetooth range can be quantified consistently.
Materials
1. Something to put the Bluetooth devices on (either a small table or chair, but
preferably something without metallic materials).
2. Laser rangefinder to accurately measure distance.
Testing Procedure
1. Locate an outdoor environment that allows at least 150 meters of line of sight (a
straight line along which an observer has unobstructed vision between him/her
and the Bluetooth device).
2. We suggest two people participate in range testing. One person oversees the
Bluetooth tracking product while the other holds a smartphone that is wirelessly
connected to the Bluetooth product.
3. With the Bluetooth device on a small table, and ensuring that the smartphone
is connected to the tracker, the smartphone bearer walks away until Bluetooth
disconnection occurs.
4. Figure 1 (below) Illustrates the disconnected, connecting, and connected states of
the Tile app.
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Figure 1. Tile Connection Stages
1. After disconnection, walk toward the Bluetooth tracker until it reacquires connection
indicated by Figure 1c. Using the rangefinder, record this distance. From our experience,
the connected until disconnected range is greater than the reacquisition range.
2. To ensure connection reliability, take 5 steps toward the Bluetooth device. If the Tile app
indicator goes back to the connecting state (dotted green circle Figure 1b), then that
means the connection was broken while walking toward the device. The initial connection
could have been caused by constructive multipath interference and is therefore not
indicative of the device’s actual range. You should disregard that data point and continue
walking towards the device.
3. Obtain at least 5 “connection reacquisition distance” measurements.
4. Table 1 (below) illustrates an example of how data should be recorded.
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Table 1. Pro Series vs. Mate Acquisition Distances Example Table
Trial Pro Series (meters) Mate (meters)
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
Avg. of Above Data:
Standard Deviation:
The average and standard deviation should be calculated for all the range measurements of a device.
The standard deviation is important because it quantifies the variance of the data.
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Additional Information
1. Range is dependent on smartphone model.
2. Range will be degraded if a person walks in-between the bluetooth connection.
3. Example of outdoor range testing location (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Beach Park Recreational Path
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www.thetileapp.com
Media Contact
Sherry Shen,
Director of Communications
sherry.shen@thetileapp.com
415-314-1759
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