Tile launches improved Tile Pro & Premium Finding service

Henry McLean-Low — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:55:55 +0000

Tile, the ultimate tracking chip has released a new improved Tile Pro and Tile Mate. This addresses the most common complaint of Tile, that the battery cannot be replaced. The new Tile uses a standard CR2032 battery.

While updating the battery Tile also improved the tech, creating an industry pioneering Bluetooth range of 150 feet for Tile Mate and 300 feet for Tile Pro. The volume of both devices was also increased.

“Listening to our customers plays a huge role in our development process, and we’ve consistently received one request: the desire for a replaceable battery. With the new Mate and Pro, we’re excited to introduce our first-ever replaceable battery model and our best-performing Tiles ever.”

Said CJ Prober, Chief Executive Officer – Tile.

In addition to the new devices they have released an improved Tile Premium subscription service. Tile Premium comes with 6 extra services, for £2.99 a month or £29 annually. The service has a 30-day trial and can be cancelled at any time with no commitment.

The added services are:

Free battery replacement service
Smart Alerts (BETA) – This feature alerts you if you leave the house without your item – perfect for keys or wallet!
Unlimited Sharing – Allowing multiple users to manage the same item
Location history – Industry leading 30-day location history
Extended warranty – increased from 1 to 3 years
Premium Customer Care – in addition to email and online users can txt.
The improved Tile Pro retails for £29.99 and the improved Tile Mate £19.99 and is available now. For more information visit Tile.com

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Alex – Echo Dot Battery Review

Henry McLean-Low — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 12:28:48 +0000

Alex - Echo Dot Battery Review

Simple to setupQuality build & design

Does not come with carry case

4.4Overall Score

How it works

Cost

Setup

Reader Rating 2 Votes

This is a We Own it review of the Kiwi Design Alex – an Echo Dot battery base.

What does Alex do?!

Alex is a is a battery base for a second-generation Echo dot. It is only for the second generation because the Amazon Echo Dot fits perfectly inside Alex.

Alex has an impressive 10,000 mA/h battery – this means it can power the Echo Dot for 12 hours play time and 24 hours standby time. Standby is when it is just listening and waiting for you to invoke her.

Alexa is the super smart home assistant by Amazon, our favourite voice assistant in fact.

Until now Alexa has been stuck to where you have power as the Echo Dot requires mains power. Kiwi Design have just released Alex to fix that problem with their portable Alexa battery base.

It has four LED’s on the front to show how charged it is:

LED 1 – Low
LED 2 – Medium
LED 3 – High
LED 4 – Full

When empty it takes 8 hours to fully charge.

Once the Echo Dot is turned on the functionality of Alexa is the same, surprisingly music plays the same with no ‘muffling’ or distortion from the case. This is probably as the case is solid and doesn’t vibrate to the music.

To charge Alex you use the original Echo Dot cable and it can be on charge when in use.
The case does not cover the 3.5M audio jack so you can still use that when using Alex.

Dot 2 Battery Base, Charger for Dot 2nd Gen. 10000mah 17 Hours Continues Playing Music by Kiwi Design

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How easy is it to setup?

Very easy, you place your dot into Alex – making sure they are aligned.

Connect the power connector.

Press power button and done. It comes partially charged, LED 2 lit, so it can be uses straight away.

How much does Alex cost?

The RRP is £59.99 and can be purchased via Amazon, we have an exclusive Amazon Discount code to save 20% SJLG4TQO

What’s it like living with Alex?

Alex is handy as you now have a portable Alexa you can easily take from room to room without worrying about wires.

It was also handy to take to the garden to use as a voice control for the garden tech. However, neither Amazon Echo Dot or Alex are waterproof or at all IP rated so it cannot be left outside or used in the wet.

What are our final thoughts?
Alex is a well-designed bit of kit, care has been taken with the build and the design. Its handy now being able to take Alexa with you.

Alex the Amazon Echo Dot Battery base can be purchased from Amazon

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Dot 2 Battery Base, Charger for Dot 2nd Gen. 10000mah 17 Hours Continues Playing Music by Kiwi Design

Alex the Amazon Echo Dot Battery base can be purchased from Amazon