Launching soon: Samsung’s SmartThings Tracker, a consumer NB-IoT/Cat-M1 device for Verizon’s network – Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis
It hasn’t been officially announced yet, but Samsung is planning to release the SmartThings Tracker, a small device with Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, GPS and — in a first for U.S. consumer products — NB-IoT network support, although there’s a small chance it could use a Cat-M1 network instead.
I know this because I found the SmartThings Tracker’s wireless testing test results on the FCC’s site. And it makes sense as Samsung debuted a similar product in Korea that can use either NB-IoT or LTE Cat-M1 networks last year called the Samsung Connect Tag, shown here: