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Moto Tag starts rolling out UWB support for Find Hub – here’s what updates you’ll need

A year after its initial debut, the Moto Tag is finally the first Find Hub (formerly Find My Device) tracker for Android that supports UWB, but you’ll need a couple of updates to get things working.

Ultra-wideband (UWB) in trackers makes it much easier to find a tracker once you’re nearby. Bluetooth trackers can get you into the vicinity, but if the tracker is hiding, knowing “it’s here” isn’t particularly helpful. That’s why UWB is handy, as you’ll get a near-exact measurement of the distance as well as directional guidance.

In the Find Hub app, the Moto Tag shows UWB with a similar UI to Bluetooth trackers. You’ll see a shape that fills in as you get closer, with UWB helping to provide a measurement for the distance between your phone and the tracker. As you get closer, this eventually swaps to a UI where you’ll get more precise directional guidance.

It’s a little finicky, but it gets the job done. There’s no visual guidance using the camera (at least in our testing thus far) like you’ll find with Samsung’s trackers, but you do need to grant camera permissions.

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This functionality has been highly-anticipated, and now it’s finally starting to roll out to users.

The first thing you’ll need is the latest version of the Moto Tag app – 01.00.073.10-Release. This version is starting to roll out via the Play Store, but quite slowly. You can sideload it (at your own risk, of course) to get it faster, though.

Once that app version is installed, you’ll likely see an immediate update for the Moto Tag available to version 2.0.93. This is the first update since version 2.0.69 was released earlier this year, and Motorola’s own changelog (below) directly confirms that it brings the needed “UWB update.” Once that update is installed – which can only be done through the Moto Tag app – UWB will be active in the Find Hub app. Each Moto Tag you own needs to be updated individually. APKMirror owner Artem Russakovskii noted a user report of the rollout yesterday, and was first to confirm the new app version delivers the needed firmware update earlier today.

Moto Tag is available for purchase starting at $29, but a 1-pack is often hard to come by outside of Motorola’s website. A four-pack is usually available with fast shipping via Amazon.

You’ll also, of course, need a compatible phone. UWB is mostly only found in high-end Android devices, including Pixel Pro devices, Galaxy flagships, and others.

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