Pebblebee’s newest Android Find Hub tracker does a lot more than find your wallet, with the Halo able to double as a surprisingly bright flashlight, but more importantly, a safety alarm.
Pebblebee is best known for its tracking devices, AirTag competitors. It was one of the first brands to embrace Google’s Find Hub network for Android, and it makes some of the best options you can currently buy.
The new Pebblebee Halo launches the new “Safe Haven” effort, which is focused on improving personal safety. As such, Halo is, according to Pebblebee, a “dedicated safety device,” but it serves a lot of functions.
As mentioned, it works with Android’s Find Hub network, as well as being compatible with Apple Find My. So, in either case, you can use it to track objects such as bags. It charges via USB-C and comes with a carabiner clip. In terms of size, it’s quite a bit larger than the Clip 5 or an AirTag, but with good reason.
One of the other purposes it serves is acting as a flashlight. An LED in the design is a surprisingly bright flashlight that sits within the compact form factor. It turns on with a tap of the button, with a slight delay before full activation so you don’t blind yourself by looking into it – ask me how I found that out.
The safety aspect comes in after that.
Pebblebee Halo is connected to a carabiner with a magnetic top half. When you separate the base of the product from that “cap,” it immediately triggers a loud siren and uses that flashlight as a strobe light. In other words, a quick and accessible deterrent to those nearby with malicious intent. The siren hits 130dB while the strobe light is 150 lumens.
When the siren activates, the Halo also talks to the Pebblebee app on your phone and can send our your live location to trusted contacts. There’s also a silent alert option if you don’t want the loud siren to go off, which is explained by the Pebblebee app. You do need to set that up, as you can’t even pair Halo to Find Hub before pairing it to the Pebblebee app.
Pebblebee explains:
Pebblebee is entering a new chapter with Safe Haven, a dedicated personal safety pillar that expands the company’s mission beyond item finding into protection for people as well as belongings. The first Safe Haven product, Halo, is a dedicated safety device built for moments when speed, visibility, and connection matter most, combining a physical emergency trigger, Alert siren & strobe capabilities, live location sharing to trusted contacts, built-in item finding through Apple Find My or Google’s Find Hub, and an everyday-carry flashlight in one rechargeable keychain device. Together, Halo and the broader Safe Haven platform reflect Pebblebee’s growing focus on practical, confidence-building tools designed for real life.
This focus on personal safety from Pebblebee first surfaced last year with updated to the company’s Clip tracker, but Halo is the first device with hardware specifically designed for this function.
Having tried it out in person, I’ve got to say I’m pretty impressed with the hardware. The functionality here is intuitive, and the design is well done. The magnet is strong enough not to (easily) trigger the siren by accident, but it’s not so strong that you can’t activate it in a panic. The safety siren and flashlight actually work even if you don’t pair it. Five consecutive presses will launch the silent alarm.
The siren is very loud – please don’t wear headphones for the video below.
As far as pricing goes, the Pebblebee Halo itself is a pretty easy buy at $59.99.
That’s a lot more expensive than a typical item tracker, but it feels well worthwhile the additional cost for everything you’re getting. This also includes Pebblebee’s Alert Live service for a year, which costs $24.99/year after the first 12 months, but it’s completely optional. The free service tier still triggers the siren and can still send your location to a contact, but the paid version can send your location to five other people with live updates.
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