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Pneumatic signs It can keep tabs on much more than just the keys. Although Apple doesn’t officially recommend its Bluetooth trackers for cats and dogs, they are still popular. And from all the followers I’ve testedthese are the closest to something that can actually work with moving objects. GPS tags provide more accurate location monitoring, but they tend to be more expensive and require a subscription, two factors that make them less than ideal gifts.

Although AirTags rely on Bluetooth, the range is impressive and the triangulation between the tags and any nearby iPhone is eerily accurate, keeping you within yards of a lost tag. Then the UWB directions will direct you a few feet away. A friend of mine is an animal shelter director and he has four AirTag collars that they put on “flight risk” dogs during foster transfers, just in case. —Amy Scorheim, Reporter

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