It doesn't look like a thorough review of the thin "Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile" with a built-in tracker.
Engjet readers, nice to meet you.My name is Tetsuomi Hoshikawa of Trinity Co., Ltd., which is planning, developing and selling smartphone -related products.
Looking at the announcement of Sumitomo Mitsui Card TILE, I am impressed by the outstanding innovation and new experiences, even from me who have many opportunities to touch the latest technology related to digital gadgets in work, and are impressed by the innovation and new experiences, and recruit in limited quantities.I applied immediately with the start.(Currently, the application has been completed)
Fortunately, I won the lottery, and I usually wrote a blog in my media, but this time I had a special opportunity and I decided to use it at Engajet.It is a poor sentence because it is not a professional media writer, but thank you.
This product is as reported as the news at the time of the announcement in Engajet.The following is a blog post I wrote later.as you may already know, I would like to write again from Tile's explanation to Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile introduced this time.
Find the lost material "TILE"
a smart tracker Tile that allows you to find things around you using Bluetooth and mesh technologies.We have built our own network around the world and have a top share.In Japan, venture companies Mamorio and apple have developed similar products as airTag in 2021.
The basic function of Tile is that you can search for the Tile itself from the application (iOS/android compatible) installed on your smartphone.If the location information is displayed on the map, or if you are near the Bluetooth area, you can find the location by sounding Tile.You can also search for smartphones from Tile as a function not found in Mamorio or airTag mentioned above.
If you are away from the Bluetooth area with your smartphone, the Tile's unique mesh network will communicate with each other with platform partner products such as headphones with built -in TILE products and TILE functions.。Recently, in cooperation with taxis and Tokyo Metro, we are also working on access points that can be seen when it reaches the drop window of the station.In this way, the more TILE spreads, the easier it is to find, so it becomes easier for users to find the drops while using them.
Easy setup with the app
If you download the Tile app, you can complete the setup in a few minutes and start using it, so even if you are not very familiar with technology, there is no problem.
"The world's first" provided by Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile
By the way, this time Sumitomo Mitsui Card TILE has a completely different feature from the conventional smart tracker.That means that his Tile function is built in the credit card.There are several card types, including Tile, but the real credit card itself is the "world's first".
The Sumitomo Mitsui Card has the world's brand VISa, and this time Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile is a credit card that can be used as a VISa card.See the web page of Sumitomo Mitsui Card for the specification of the credit card itself.
Until now, if the credit card was lost or the wallet with a credit card had been lost, not only was it used to be fraudulent, but also a major loss including reissue, but Tile.By built -in functions, you can find it.(Of course, it does not guarantee finding)
Everyone may have been fantastic with the built -in smart tracker function to a credit card.I myself thought, "I wish it would happen," but actually there was a technical high hurdle.
Achieves a true credit card size
The biggest difficulty in making a credit card a smart tracker function is its size.all credit cards at hand are made in the same standard, and the size is the same for any brand.
53 credit cards.98 x 85.60 x 0.There is a standard of 76mm (vertical x horizontal x thickness) or less.The particular problem is the thickness of less than 1mm.although there are products in the world that have a card size, it is actually 0.There is no smart tracker that realizes 76mm thickness.
a product called Chipolo Card Spot, which is a competition of TILE, was announced at CES 2022, but the vertical and horizontal size is certainly the same as a credit card, but the thickness is 2..4mm.By the way, TILE itself also released in October 2022, the card type SLIM (2022), 54 x 86 x 2..Because it is 5mm, it was not a true credit card size even if it was a card size.
apple's airTag is 31.9 x 31.9 x 8.0mm.Because it is a replacement type of button batteries, it is quite thick, so it is quite difficult to put it in a wallet.
Meanwhile, Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile realized a true credit card size.On the official page of Sumitomo Mitsui Card TILE, "approximately 54 x about 86 x approx. 0.It is described as "8mm", which seems to be because there is some tolerance (manufacturing tolerance).
In any case, about 0.It can only be said that the 8mm thickness is equipped with a TILE function and a battery to drive it.Not only that, but also a built -in speaker, so you can make a sound like other TILE products.
Achieves a true credit card sizeするためには多くの技術的ハードルや、クレジットカードの発行元である三井住友カード、メーカーであるTile、それらを繋げたSB C&S社の不屈の情熱がなければ成し遂げられなかったものと思います。
Charging function that not only has a built -in TILE function but also to continue using it
The built -in smart tracker in a credit card has a high technical hurdle, but what is even more surprising is that it can be charged.
In the first place, it is a very difficult mechanism, so I think that the option was that the TILE function was provided but it could not be charged.There were similar specifications in past TILE products, so considering the impact of TILE installed on the world's first credit card, I think it was no wonder that it was a "future task", but those developed did not like it.It was.
I imagine that this is not just to show off the technology of this Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile, but to give users a new experience and have a different digital life.
I don't know if I can continue to use the TILE built -in type in the case of the expiration date of the credit card in the future (in this case, December 2026), but I can use it for about 6 months.It means that you can use it for more than 6 months after full charge, so I think there will be opportunities to charge about 10 times in the next 5 years.
A charger with a small but large commitment
although it is a small thing, the cable connector storage structure of the charger has felt the great commitment of the development team as a living business.
as mentioned above, not only has the Tile function in the credit card, but also the full function provided by Tile and the ability to charge it can be charged, such as a charger, but a charger.The development team seems to have been particular.
If you want to remember USB hubs and various adapters, you'll know, but for each purpose, the storage of the cable is not considered.However, the charger of this Sumitomo Mitsui Card TILE can store cables and connectors firmly.
Unfortunately, for me as a USB Type-C fundamentalist, the USB Standard-a connector is subtle, and I'm still worried that I can't charge with my MacBook ProSince USB Standard-a is higher, this is an inevitable option, and I think it is not a mistake.
TILE function that does not compromise even with card size
Let's check the TILE function using the Mitsui Sumitomo Card Tile that actually arrived.as mentioned above, all functions that are originally prepared for Tile are covered, despite the credit card size.First of all, we introduced the basic functions in the video.
Find a sound and search for Sumitomo Mitsui Card TILE
From the app installed on your smartphone, you can find a place from Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile if you are within the Bluetooth area.
If there is a Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile within the Bluetooth area, the distance can be displayed from its radio strength.But that takes time to find out.It's a common story that you have in the house, but you don't know where you went.Therefore, by calling from a smartphone and making a sound, you can clearly inform the location.
as you can see by watching the video, you can hear the sound properly even if you put it in your wallet because it makes a loud noise despite its small size.Competitive products, mamorio, do not have the function of sounding.airTag has a very small impression, although it sounds.From there, Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile is the best way to find it nearby.
Find a smartphone from Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile
Contrary to searching from a smartphone, you can find the sound of a smartphone from Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile.
There are no functions to call smartphones in two competitors.Other TILE products may be attached to keys and bags, so it is a convenient function to be able to call smartphones from there.However, considering that Sumitomo Mitsui Card TILE is basically put in a wallet, there may not be a place to be active, considering whether to look for a smartphone until it is taken out.
If you use an iPhone and apple Watch, you can call your iPhone from the apple Watch, so it's very convenient to remember (you can also light in a dark room).
Tile Premium function
TILE PREMIUM is provided as a paid subscription service as an additional function to the basic function, and is 360 yen including tax and 3600 yen per year, and can be applied and settled in the app.additional function includes smart alerts, non -shared, location history, and extension warranty (as of January 30, 2022).
From the user's point of view, unfortunately, the smart alert function is paid.This function is a function that will notify your smartphone when you have forgotten the Mitsui Sumitomo Card Tile somewhere.
For example, I assumed that I left the wallet with Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile from the office and walked to the station, and when I tested it, I walked for about 5 minutes.I also use airTag, but I was notified at almost the same timing as that notice, so I may be using a similar algorithm.
This feature is a very effective function when you forget your wallet with Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile at restaurants and stores, as well as offices and homes, or forget to put the bag with your wallet.I really wanted you to respond as standard.It is much inferior to competing Mamorio and airTag, so I would like to ask for a reconsider of the plan.
Other premium functions may be necessary depending on how you use the user, so you may want to try a 30 -day trial.
Achieves a true credit card sizeしたからこそ、広がる可能性
as I wrote for a long time so far, Sumitomo Mitsui Card TILE, which has the function of smart tracker in the world for the first time in credit cards that search for excellent lost items in TILE, compromise all functions and compromise.It is finished in a product that does not.
For users who do not want to forget or lose their credit cards, wallets, and bags containing them, the great functions that can be stored in a wallet and the wonderful functions that can be found by sounding are used by technology.It was a wonderful product that could solve what I was in trouble.
In the future, I would like you to expand the development so that it will be built into other credit cards as much as possible.In addition, I think that it is possible to support card type such as transportation IC cards such as Suica and PaSMO and employee ID cards, regardless of credit card.
Furthermore, while realizing this thinness, it covers all the functions of Tile, so I think that it is possible to expand the application by attaching it to a PC or tablet.The pasted type so far was so thick that it was hard to use, but I was able to wipe out this problem, so I think the idea will expand even more.
The Tile network has the property of increasing the number of users, so the more you use this Sumitomo Mitsui Card Tile technology to solve the troubles of many users, and increase the convenience of other users. I would like.
三井住友カードTileの企画を主導したSB C&Sからのメッセージ
最後に、今回のレビューにあたってSB C&S株式会社IoT・サービス事業本部 IoT事業推進本部トラッカービジネス推進室 室長 辻英一氏にいくつかメールにて質問をさせていただき回答を得たので、その内容を紹介します。
as an aside, when I was importing a Bluetooth headset, speakers, and wearable wristband brands called Jawbone a long time ago, I visited the headquarters in San Francisco, but since then I haven't been there.I was taught carefully in the article.
Q.How long did the development period from planning to release take?
a.It took about three years from the planning of the plan.Initially, SMCC used TILE as a point exchange product, but it was a trigger that it would be interesting if this function was included in a credit card in a certain business negotiation.
Q.This time, it was limited to 1500 pieces, but what was the total number of applications?
a.The total number was non -disclosed, but the response was very good and it was a lottery.
Q.are there any plans to increase the issuance of brand affiliated cards in the future?
a.Since it is the world's first VISa card with TILE, we will consider future developments while watching the response of the user market.
Q.Because the credit card size is realized, it seems that it will be spread to Suica cards, etc., and it will be possible to paste it on a PC, but is there anything that can be answered about future developments?
a.There were many technical challenges this time, but 0.We were able to commercialize with a thinness of 76mm.In addition, we are considering whether it can be expanded in use and whether it can be another shape.
Q.I was impressed by the fact that I was taking care of the connector storage of the charger, but was the product design done in -house?
a.The product design was done by us.There is also know -how such as SoftBank Selection such as product design, so we have fully utilized internal resources.We also performed charger mechanisms and card mechanisms, especially the card mechanism, and struggled to change the parts of the parts and conduct tests to ensure the strength of the card.
Q.although it is a specification that can not use ID even though it is a Sumitomo Mitsui card (it was a guide with another card), did you compete with the Tile function?
a.カード自体にはiDはついておりませんが、apple Payに登録すればiDをご利用いただけます。Tile機能と競合したわけではございません。