Samsung confirms broad SmartTag 3 Android help

Samsung simply received completed introducing its new tablets final week, saying the Galaxy Tab S12 Plus and Extremely. And whereas these have been assuredly the celebrities of the corporate’s launch occasion, we additionally received to satisfy them alongside the most recent technology of a well-recognized Samsung accent — its SmartTag 3. We have been already excited in regards to the a lot broader gadget help we’re getting this time round, and now Samsung is clarifying precisely how expansive that basically is.

Traditionally, Samsung’s trackers have been a bit restricted when it comes to their gadget help. Whilst you may slap a SmartTag on something you wished to trace, the SmartTag2, for instance, labored with “Galaxy S24, Galaxy S25, Galaxy S26, Galaxy Z Fold, Galaxy Z Flip, and Galaxy A collection smartphones operating the most recent model of the SmartThings app.” In the event you had a unique telephone, you have been formally out of luck.

With the brand new SmartTag 3, nonetheless, Samsung’s been making an enormous deal about wider accessibility, saying the arrival of iPhone help. And that’s nice — however what about different Androids? It was simple to deduce that Samsung’s expanded entry would even be felt on the Android aspect of the fence, however we didn’t have formal affirmation from the corporate’s announcement.

Though US SmartTag 3 gross sales received’t start till early subsequent yr, availability in South Korea will get began this week. Samsung’s product web page for the area does seem to mirror normal Android help for units operating Android 12 and later (translated):

Nonetheless not satisfied? Android Police reached out to Samsung for affirmation, and was informed outright:

Sure, SmartTag3 is appropriate with different Android units which have entry to the Google Play Retailer to obtain the SmartThings and Samsung Discover app.

That stated, help for some particular SmartTag 3 options continues to be restricted. Samsung notes:

Compass View is out there on Galaxy units operating Android 12 or larger that help Extremely-Wideband (UWB) or Bluetooth Channel Sounding.
Bluetooth Channel Sounding is presently supported solely on the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Extremely, Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy S26 Extremely, and Galaxy S26+, with extra supported units anticipated sooner or later.

Nonetheless, the scenario now’s trying a complete lot higher than it has in years previous. Once we’re desperately trying to find one thing we misplaced, we’d not at all times have the ability to depend on gaining access to a Samsung telephone close by. By extending entry throughout each Android and iOS, Samsung is taking an enormous step in the direction of enhancing its tracker’s usefulness.