- Nomad has launched Tracking Card Pro to keep your wallet safe
- The device is disguised as a credit card and has a fake chip.
- It is an upgrade to the existing Nomad tracking card.
Nomad is known for its high-end accessories made 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 item tracker that could go completely unnoticed if the worst happened and your wallet was stolen.
The $39/£39/$69 Nomad Tracking Card Pro works as 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 lacks AirTag’s precision finding feature, as it doesn’t have one of Apple’s ultra-wideband chips.
However, Tracking Card Pro has a clever trick up its sleeve: its appearance. It doesn’t look like an AirTag at all; instead, it is disguised as a credit card, with a fake metallic chip. The idea is that a thief won’t realize it’s a tracking device and will therefore leave it in their wallet, giving you more time to track it and alert the police.
Another welcome bonus is the fact that you can charge Tracking Card Pro using a Qi, Qi2 or MagSafe wireless charger. And because it’s magnetic, it will adjust to the perfect charging alignment and can even be loaded with vertical chargers.
New and improved
Nomad already sells a similar device called the Tracking Card ($29 / £29 / $59). The difference here, however, is that the Pro edition features a much longer battery life (16 months versus five months for the regular tracking card) and a design that more closely mimics a credit card, giving it an advantage in terms of camouflage.
Those are not the only differences. At 2.5mm, the Tracking Card Pro is a little 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 variety of item trackers in the past, including AirTags and a Pebblebee card. However, both devices lack the fake chip that the Nomad card boasts; If I had to choose a tracking card again, I’d be very tempted to go with Nomad’s device thanks to that clever disguise.
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