Tile Pro (2022) review: Still the best key finder you can buy

Our Verdict

If you want the key finder with the widest range and a loud alarm, look no farther than the latest edition of the Tile Pro. All the great features from previous models render in the 2022 version, and different Apple's AirTag, you tin use Tile's key finder to track downwards your phone.

For

Wide range
Loud alarm
Battery is piece of cake to replace
Two-way observe characteristic for locating your telephone

Against

Costs more rival key finders
New design looks pretty plain

Tom's Guide Verdict

If y'all want the cardinal finder with the widest range and a loud alarm, look no further than the latest edition of the Tile Pro. All the corking features from previous models return in the 2022 version, and unlike Apple's AirTag, you can utilise Tile's key finder to track down your phone.

Pros

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Wide range
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Loud alarm
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Battery is easy to replace
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Two-way find feature for locating your phone

Cons

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Costs more than rival key finders
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New design looks pretty evidently

Tile Pro 2022 specs

Size: ii.three x one.3 x 0.3 inches
Listed range: Up to 400 feet
Tested range: 200-plus feet
Water-resistance?: IP67
Battery: Replaceable CR2032/1 twelvemonth
Colors: Black, White

The Tile Pro (2022) remains the best fundamental finder you can purchase, fifty-fifty as Tile faces stepped up competition from the likes of Apple tree and Samsung. For this year'south version of its peak-of-the-line tracker, Tile has introduced a new design while maintaining the same best-in-class features that has fabricated the Pro our become-to recommendation in recent years.

The Tile Pro's new look won't be to anybody's liking, especially when compared to the stylish design of previous Tiles. But the things that make the Tile Pro our favorite fundamental finder render in the 2022 version. And the fact that all its features are bachelor regardless of what device y'all utilize — something the Apple AirTag and Samsung SmartTag can't claim — makes the Tile Pro (2022) the best fundamental finder for the widest number of users.

Tile Pro review: Price and availability

At $34, the Tile Pro (2022) remains the most expensive of Tile'due south key trackers, topping the new Tile Mate's price by $ten. That's as well $5 more than what Apple charges for a SmartTag. Y'all can reduce the per-device price of the Tile Pro past buying the key finder as function of a packet, which Tile offers at its online store.

Tile Pro review: Pattern and features

If you lot're familiar with the Tile Pro, the first thing you lot'll notice is how the 2022 model'southward expect differs from past versions. The Tile Pro (2020) offered a square shape, with a Tile logo in the middle that you could press to aid in setup and access its two-way notice feature. The Tile logo/push button remains on the Tile Pro (2022), but the new model looks more similar a traditional cardinal fob: rectangular with rounded corners.

Tile Pro 2022 key finder — (Image credit: Tom'due south Guide)

I've ever been impressed with the care Tile put into how its higher-cease key finder looked as that was one of the ways the Tile Pro stood out from other trackers. These days, Tile must be content to allow the Pro's features do the talking because the new design is pretty indistinguishable from other trackers on the market. It's not that the Tile Pro (2022) is ugly or apparently — information technology's simply... ordinary.

At to the lowest degree there's a practical benefit to the new look. Previously, Tile only promised that the Pro could withstand splashes of water. This new version offers IP67 water resistance, significant it can take a pocket-size douse without suffering damage.

While the Tile Pro looks dissimilar this year, the characteristic prepare remains familiar if you used one of Tile's products in the past. You pair your tracker over Bluetooth with an Android or iOS app on your phone. You lot can then track down anything attached to the Tile Pro simply by firing up the app and tapping a push button to sound the key finder's very loud alarm.

Tile Pro 2022 with battery exposed — (Image credit: Tom's Guide)

The Tile Pro continues to rely solely on Bluetooth at a time when other key finders — notably Apple Tag and Samsung'southward SmartTag Plus — support Ultra Wideband for more precise finding. If that's a feature you'd want, you lot may want to hold off until early on next year when the Tile Ultra is expected to deliver that adequacy to Tile's fundamental finders.

Until then, the Tile Pro tin practise something Apple'southward AirTag cannot — yous can press a button on the key finder to brand your phone buzz and beep. I find that especially helpful when I've mislaid my iPhone, which actually happens with greater frequency than losing my keys. The Tile Pro continues to feature a replaceable battery, and it'south like shooting fish in a barrel plenty to slide open the back panel and bandy in a new CR2032 battery when required. You shouldn't accept to exercise that for nigh a year, according to Tile's estimates.

Tile Pro Review: Operation

The Tile Pro (2020) may wait different from its predecessors, only little has inverse with its functioning. The alarm is still the loudest Tile has to offering; I could hear it clearly from a room away when I used the app on my iPhone to locate the Tile Pro, as it sat in a coat pocket inside a closet. Testing the Tile Pro in a public park, I could still hear the alert clearly at 120 feet, with the audio not growing faint until effectually 150 anxiety.

tile pro 2022 app — (Image credit: Tom'due south Guide)

Speaking of distance testing, Tile promises a range of upward to 400 anxiety with its Pro tracker. I'd say that'south pretty accurate, as during my park testing, I could nevertheless pick upward a signal on my telephone from more than 200 anxiety away. Be enlightened, though, that performance tin can vary based on physical barriers and over-the-air interference. In that same park, I walked in a dissimilar direction where a nearby building blocked the Tile Pro'southward point at around 180 feet. In a different testing locale — one with a greater incidence of radio interference — I could merely get 90 to 100 feet away before dropping my connection. The Tile Pro has a skilful range, overall, but your mileage may vary depending on where yous are when you need to connect to your key finder.

The backside of the Tile Pro includes a very faint QR lawmaking you'd take to squint to run across. This is part of a Lost and Found characteristic that makes it easier for people to return a truly lost Tile track. All they take to do is scan the QR lawmaking with their phone, and that will share contact information with you through the Tile app. It's a less hit-or-miss way of returning your valuables to you than Tile's old "Notify Me When Found" feature. A Scan and Secure capability for making sure people aren't using Tiles to rails your whereabouts without your knowledge is arriving next year.

Tile Pro 2022 with keys in hand — (Image credit: Tom's Guide)

Tile continues to offering a $2.99 Tile Premium subscription that lets yous share an unlimited number of Tiles with other family members, receive free bombardment replacements and become alerts when yous get out domicile without your Tile Pro-attached item in tow. I continue to experience that you can become by simply fine without Tile Premium.

Tile Pro review: Verdict

If you're a electric current Tile Pro user and happy with the look of your key finder, there's no need to upgrade to the 2022 version of the Tile Pro, which essentially has the same features. Only go along swapping out that bombardment every year.

Simply people who need a new central finder and want one that offers the widest range, loudest warning and most complete feature set across both Android and iOS should turn to the Tile Pro (2022). It remains the best pick in a crowded key finder field.

Philip Michaels is a senior editor at Tom'southward Guide. He has strong opinions about Apple, the Oakland Athletics and one-time movies. Follow him at @PhilipMichaels.