Pebblebee’s New Halo Tracker Doubles As A Personal Safety Device

After expanding nan functionality of its Clip location tracker past twelvemonth pinch a panic siren that sends messages and your location to trusted contacts, Pebblebee has announced a caller locator pinch moreover much individual information features. The Halo is brighter and louder than nan Clip and features an easier-to-trigger alert.

Available starting coming for $59.99 done Pebblebee’s online store and connected Amazon starting connected April 20th, Halo is astatine its halfway still a location tracker. It’s compatible pinch either Apple’s Find My search web aliases Google’s Find Hub, but not some astatine nan aforesaid time, and mini capable to beryllium stashed successful a container aliases clipped to your keys to thief find them. But nan Halo is overmuch larger than an Apple AirTag aliases Pebblebee’s Clip locator — astir nan size of a brace of AA batteries — because it packs further functionality.

The first summation is simply a built-in flashlight powered by nan tracker’s rechargeable battery, which is expected to beryllium bully for a twelvemonth of use. (Pebblebee didn’t specify really predominant flashlight usage would impact it.) The 2nd is simply a pull-apart creation that instantly triggers a 150-lumen strobe ray and a 130-decibel siren. That’s louder than nan 97-decibel siren connected nan Pebblebee Clip.

While those features usability arsenic some an contiguous deterrent to an attacker and a measurement to awesome to others nearby, nan Halo besides useful pinch Pebblebee’s connected information features, akin to nan Clip. The free Safety Circle characteristic sends a preselected trusted interaction an SMS connection pinch a unafraid nexus to nan location wherever you triggered nan alert. The Halo besides supports Pebblebee’s Alert Live functionality, which alternatively shares nan tracker’s unrecorded location pinch up to 5 trusted contacts. The caller locator comes pinch a 12-month subscription to Alert Live, but aft that nan work is $24.99 per year.

For emergency situations wherever discretion is simply a safer alternative, nan Halo besides offers a silent trigger action that activates nan Safety Circle aliases Alert Live features without nan audible siren aliases flashing strobe light.