<s>
Tile	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
tile	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
consumer	O
electronics	O
company	O
which	O
produces	O
tracking	B-Operating_System
devices	I-Operating_System
that	O
users	O
can	O
attach	O
to	O
their	O
belongings	O
such	O
as	O
keys	O
and	O
backpacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
companion	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
track	O
the	O
devices	O
using	O
Bluetooth	O
4.0	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
locate	O
lost	O
items	O
or	O
to	O
view	O
their	O
last	O
detected	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
Tile	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
newer	O
line	O
of	O
hardware	O
that	O
includes	O
functionality	O
to	O
assist	O
users	O
in	O
locating	O
smartphones	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
feature	O
upgrades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
two	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Tile	B-Application
were	O
launched	O
,	O
the	O
Tile	B-Application
Sport	O
and	O
Tile	B-Application
Style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Tile	B-Application
's	O
hardware	O
offerings	O
consist	O
of	O
the	O
Pro	O
,	O
Mate	O
,	O
Slim	O
,	O
and	O
Sticker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
September	O
2018	O
,	O
former	O
GoPro	B-Device
executive	O
CJ	O
Prober	O
has	O
been	O
the	O
CEO	O
of	O
Tile	B-Application
after	O
he	O
replaced	O
co-founder	O
Mike	O
Farley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
Life360	O
agreed	O
to	O
acquire	O
Tile	B-Application
in	O
a	O
$205	O
million	O
acquisition	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
expected	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
two	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tile	B-Application
manufacturer	O
's	O
hardware	O
devices	O
,	O
"	O
Tiles	B-Application
"	O
,	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
attached	O
to	O
items	O
such	O
as	O
keychains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
attaching	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
a	O
user	O
can	O
later	O
use	O
the	B-Application
Tile	I-Application
app	I-Application
to	O
help	O
locate	O
the	O
item	O
if	O
it	O
is	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Tile	B-Application
application	O
uses	O
Bluetooth	B-General_Concept
Low	I-General_Concept
Energy	I-General_Concept
4.0	O
radio	O
technology	O
to	O
locate	O
Tiles	B-Application
within	O
a	O
range	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
Tile	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
speaker	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
trigger	O
the	O
device	O
to	O
play	O
a	O
sound	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
items	O
at	O
close	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
generation	O
of	O
Tile	B-Application
devices	O
produce	O
sound	O
at	O
a	O
volume	O
of	O
90	O
decibels	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
three	O
times	O
as	O
loud	O
as	O
the	O
previous	O
generation	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
generation	O
also	O
added	O
a	O
"	O
Find	O
My	O
Phone	O
"	O
feature	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
sound	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
paired	O
smartphone	O
when	O
the	O
user	O
presses	O
a	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
Tile	B-Application
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Tile	I-Application
app	I-Application
can	O
locate	O
Tiles	B-Application
beyond	O
the	O
Bluetooth	O
range	O
by	O
using	O
"	O
crowd	O
GPS	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
Tile	B-Application
device	O
is	O
reported	O
as	O
lost	O
and	O
comes	O
within	O
range	O
of	O
any	O
smartphone	O
running	O
the	B-Application
Tile	I-Application
app	I-Application
,	O
the	O
nearby	O
user	O
's	O
app	O
will	O
send	O
the	O
item	O
's	O
owner	O
an	O
anonymous	O
update	O
of	O
the	O
lost	O
item	O
's	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
also	O
share	O
their	O
Tiles	B-Application
with	O
others	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
both	O
participants	O
to	O
locate	O
shared	O
Tiles	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tile	B-Application
's	O
first	O
generation	O
products	O
have	O
built-in	O
batteries	O
with	O
a	O
battery	O
life	O
of	O
about	O
one	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
then	O
return	O
Tiles	B-Application
with	O
depleted	O
batteries	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
recycled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Tile	B-Application
Mate	O
and	O
Tile	B-Application
Pro	O
were	O
redesigned	O
to	O
have	O
user-replaceable	O
batteries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tile	B-Application
's	O
developers	O
used	O
Selfstarter	O
,	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
website	O
platform	O
,	O
to	O
crowdfund	O
the	O
project	O
through	O
pre-orders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
7	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Tile	B-Application
had	O
raised	O
over	O
by	O
selling	O
preordered	O
Tiles	B-Application
directly	O
to	O
50,000	O
backers	O
through	O
their	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Tile	B-Application
raised	O
additional	O
Series	O
A	O
funding	O
of	O
US$13	O
million	O
led	O
by	O
GGV	O
Capital	O
and	O
a	O
further	O
US$3	O
million	O
from	O
Khosla	O
Ventures	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
Tile	B-Application
sought	O
assistance	O
from	O
the	O
European	O
Union	O
in	O
a	O
dispute	O
it	O
had	O
with	O
Apple	O
regarding	O
the	O
provision	O
of	O
its	O
services	O
on	O
Apple	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Tile	B-Application
joined	O
the	O
Coalition	O
for	O
App	O
Fairness	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
reach	O
better	O
conditions	O
for	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
apps	O
into	O
app	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
