Pebblebee is including a complimentary, practical function to already-purchased gadgets.

Today, it revealed that its Clip Universal Bluetooth trackers, which work with iOS and Android gadgets, are being upgraded to consist of an Alert function that triggers a siren and strobing light when a user desires assistance.

Pebblebee began offering Android trackers in May 2024 in 3 various kind elements: an AirTag-like Clip variation, a credit card-shaped Card SKU, and the tiniest variation, Tag. In October 2024, Pebblebee revealed Universal variations of those trackers that can utilize both Google’s Find My Device and Apple’s Find My networks (although not at the same time).

Pebblebee’s upgrade makes it so that Clip Universals can reveal a strobing light and make a siren noise when users push the gadget rapidly and consistently. Formerly, the Clip’s light was mostly for assisting individuals discover their things in the dark. Clip owners can include the Alert function through an upgrade in the Pebblebee buddy app.

Clip owners now have the choice to establish a Safety Circle for Alert; members of the Circle will get “instantaneous emergency situation notices” when the Clip’s panic alarm is activated, Pebble’s statement stated. Alert notices are sent out “by means of the Pebblebee app and backend services … as long as your phone neighbors,” per Pebblebee.

Utilizing updates for excellent

Pebblebee’s Alert upgrade advises us that device business can releasing software application updates that benefit users and aren’t fixated business interests. It’s a standout from numerous other gizmo updates that lock functions behind a paywall, eliminate functions, and/or totally brick individuals’s gadgets.