Right now with most Bluetooth tracker devices such as Tile (I've tried a few) they require you, and everyone else, to have the app installed in order to locate the lost device. That severely limits the potential reach and effectiveness.
If Apple's global network of devices are all able to function as locating devices to help find lost items, that will change the picture dramatically as the locating is then no longer dependent on who else has installed the same app. It will be interesting to see what hoops must be jumped through to participate, and also whether Android will go more global with something like this.
See https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/06/apple-launches-an-app-for-testing-devices-that-work-with-find-my-signaling-third-party-device-program-will-soon-go-live/
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