- Nomad launched the Tracking Card Pro to protect your wallet
- The device is disguised as a credit card, with a fake chip
- This is an upgrade over the existing Nomad Tracking Card
Nomad is known for its high-end accessories designed for the best iPhones and other Apple devices, but its latest effort is a little different from its usual fare of Apple Watch bands and iPhone cases: It’s a smart object tracking tool that could go completely unnoticed if the worst happened and your wallet was stolen.
The $39/£39/$69 Nomad Tracking Card Pro works like one of Apple’s AirTag trackers. It connects to Apple’s Find My app and can be tracked that way, allowing you to see it on a map and play a sound to quickly locate it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have the AirTag’s precision search feature, as it doesn’t have one of Apple’s Ultra Wideband chips.
The Tracking Card Pro, however, has a clever trick up its sleeve: its appearance. It doesn’t look like an AirTag at all – it’s instead disguised as a credit card, with a fake metal chip. The idea is that a thief might not realize it’s a tracking device and therefore leave it in place in your wallet, giving you more time to find it and alert the police.
Another welcome bonus is the fact that you can charge the Tracking Card Pro using a Qi, Qi2, or MagSafe wireless charger. And because it’s magnetic, it will align perfectly with charging and can even be fed on vertical chargers.
New and improved
Nomad already sells a similar device called the Tracking Card ($29/£29/$59). However, the difference here is that the Pro edition offers much longer battery life (16 months versus five months for the classic Tracker Card) and a design that more closely mimics a credit card, giving it an advantage in terms of camouflage.
These are not the only differences. At 2.5mm, the Tracking Card Pro is a bit thicker than the 1.7mm Tracking Card, probably to account for the beefier battery. And of course there is that fake chip, which is not present on the tracking card.
I’ve used a range of object trackers in the past, including AirTags and a Pebblebee card. However, both of these devices lack the dummy chip that Nomad’s card has – if I had to choose a tracking card again, I’d be sorely tempted to go with Nomad’s device thanks to this ingenious disguise.
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