Nomad’s New Wallet Tracking Card Gets A Battery Life Boost

As pinch nan erstwhile version, Nomad’s caller Tracking Card Pro is only compatible pinch Apple’s Find My network. | Image: Nomad

Nomad released a caller type of its search paper designed to beryllium carried successful wallets aliases billfolds that comes pinch a large boost to artillery life. Its caller Tracking Card Pro will past for up to 16 months connected a afloat charge, while nan standard version maxes retired astatine up to 5 months. It’s disposable now done Nomad’s online shop for $39 which is $10 much costly than nan older model, but buying 2 will get you a 10 percent discount.

A steeper value tag isn’t nan only drawback to nan Tracking Card Pro. To accommodate a larger artillery nan caller type is 2.5mm heavy compared to 1.7mm heavy for Nomad’s modular Tracking Card, but it’s still overmuch thinner than Apple’s 8mm heavy AirTags. Made pinch a polycarbonate assemblage featuring exposed aluminum edges, nan Tracking Card Pro is besides a spot heavier astatine 15 grams.

Functionality is nan aforesaid arsenic its predecessor pinch support for Apple’s Find My search web and nan expertise to trigger audible alerts erstwhile you’re little than 150 feet distant from nan card. It supports wireless charging and while nan paper lacks magnets of its own, it has capable metallic wrong to instrumentality to MagSafe aliases Qi2-compatible magnetic charging pads.

Longer artillery life is simply a invited upgrade for those who regularly hide to complaint aliases switch nan batteries successful their trackers. Even so, Pebblebee’s precocious announced Card 5 wallet tracker whitethorn beryllium a amended action complete Nomad’s latest. It’s cheaper astatine $34.99, thinner astatine 1.74mm, supports some Apple’s Find My and Google’s Find Hub networks, and has wireless charging pinch up to 18 months of artillery life.