I have been living in the Samsung ecosystem for quite a long time now, and i finally decided to make the switch to Pixel because the 8 looked pretty great, and it was time for a new phone.
Big surprise to me, is that I can no longer use any of my Samsung Smart Tags, which I have quite a few of (Dog collar, Luggage, Car, eScooter, Keys, Backpack, etc).
I am pretty upset with this, as I purchased the smart tag pro’s, and it wasn’t exactly cheap. I previously had some Tile devices, but I found them to be incredibly unreliable, and I really don’t want to have to re-purchase a bunch of devices and the things that hold them (collar, waterproof container etc).
With all of that said, is there any unofficial way to get the Samsung smart devices working on a Pixel? From my understanding, they are just bluetooth devices. I don’t see why there would be any physical restriction to pairing them to my Pixel, it’s just the software stopping it. Like is there some kind of jailbroken Samsung Smart Things apk that tells the app that you’re on a Samsung device? I’ve looked around but haven’t had much luck finding antyhing, so I thought I might ask here.
Correct, because there isn’t. It’s a play out of Apples book, which is why Samsung sucks shit. Welcome to real Android! You made the right call.
Since you’ve already lost the money though, there’s a handful of apps that (should) let you still use them AFAIK. Search the play store for Samsung smart tag.
You’ve always got to be careful of Vendor lock in.