Item (buds, watch, etc.) and People Tracking

[KieronQuinn]

The new Samsung Find app has the ability to track items and people, as well as SmartTags. Since uTag uses the same APIs, it should be possible to do the same, if there is demand.

The item tracking is only for compatible Samsung items, such as recent Galaxy Buds and Galaxy Watches. People tracking is similar to sharing location in Apple's Find My network.

If you would genuinely use these features, add a 👍 react to this issue. Please do not add a react if you wouldn't use them.

[KieronQuinn]

Also - I don't have buds new enough (only Galaxy Buds2), so implementation would be 'blind'. If you somehow have some spare, are in the UK and wish to donate them to the project, drop me an email (link on my website).

The current list of buds that would support this feature are: Galaxy Buds FE, Galaxy Buds 3, Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, Galaxy Buds 2 Pro

[anegrin]

I could start experimenting with Galaxy Buds FE, if there's some starting point/doc/wiki that would be great.

If not it seems to me like the first step is to identify the smart things activity to "enable" with the patching...

[adlr]

I see Galaxy Buds3 Pro right now on eBay for ~£35. I wouldn't mind kicking in a few quid if this will help add this feature.

[KieronQuinn]

I see Galaxy Buds3 Pro right now on eBay for ~£35. I wouldn't mind kicking in a few quid if this will help add this feature.

Don't worry about it, I managed to get it to work on the Buds2 with some effort. It's part of the big update I'm working on.

[anegrin]

let us know if you need testers

[szpniak-max]

Dear @KieronQuinn, when do you expect these new features to be implemented? Thanks!

[KieronQuinn]

Actively being worked on, I've attached a few images of current progress. Please note that some stuff isn't final, the People tab isn't implemented yet and there's still a fair amount missing. I'm also working on a way of adding devices to the network, hence the "Windows" device (Windows and macOS support requires a dedicated Bluetooth dongle, Linux can use BlueZ)

[Blue-Sauce]

I have to say, this would be fabulous!
And uTag itself was already excellent to have!

Considering getting Galaxy Buds due to the possibility of this. It's always been crazy to me that all bluetooth devices don't have some kind of finding function, a simple ring option via always-on BLE.

The possibility of tracking non-samsung devices, like a laptop, is very intriguing. It would require samsung smartthings app to be running on it somehow, correct?

[KieronQuinn]

The possibility of tracking non-samsung devices, like a laptop, is very intriguing. It would require samsung smartthings app to be running on it somehow, correct?

It would require running software but not SmartThings. Windows also requires a dedicated Bluetooth dongle due to restrictions from the OS, Linux does not.

[luisfavila]

@KieronQuinn Happy to hear you're making progress implementing these. Any chance you could add those endpoints to the wiki? I'm currently working on a fork of https://github.com/Vedeneb/HA-SmartThings-Find that would really benefit from your findings around the Find API.

[KieronQuinn]

The wiki will be updated once the update is ready, there's a lot to change.