
Likely, however, it will mostly be used in those moments when you’re scrambling to leave the house in the morning and can’t find your laptop under a pile of dirty laundry - a hypothetical that I have clearly never experienced. Once it goes beyond Bluetooth range, Tile’s finding network kicks in. The app can be used to note the last place the laptop was seen and locate devices even when the system is not connected to a Wi-Fi network or powered down. Likely it will only be available in a handful of systems to start, but as HP integrates it into more to differentiate devices, that’s a big potential for a lot more installs. People who purchase laptops with the technology built in will need to download the Tile app in order to track missing laptops. The backlighting doesnt line up with the print perfectly but its not a deal breaker. The biggest winner of the deal here is Bay Area-based Tile. The company’s Elite Dragonfly line will be the first to get the technology, with a model dropping some point during Q1 of this year. HP just announced at CES that it will be the first PC company to integrate Tile’s tracking technology directly into its laptops. Here’s one of those “why didn’t they do this sooner” deals.
