UGREEN FineTrack 2 Smart Finder
design
There’s two colour options available for the UGREEN FineTrack 2, the standard, discreet space grey that I’ve been testing, or a more vibrant red and blue “Stadium Blaze”. First impressions are strong and in the hand this feels like a solid ball with a build quality in line with what I’ve come to expect from UGREEN’s hardware across the board. The rubberised coating gives it a little grip and while it’s certainly not heavy, it has a reassuring weight which inspires confidence in how it’s put together. There’s a button hidden under the UGREEN logo on one of the pentagon faces with a definite, satisfying click.
On a couple of panels are fluorescent stripes which UGREEN sells as a feature, but in practice there are two of them, they’re small, and they sit on one side of the ball. They’re a design detail rather than anything functional, but ultimately there’s only so much you can talk about with a tracker I guess so points for trying to jazz it up. If you’re trying to find this in the dark, there’s a flashing LED strip and 110dB alarm which do the actual work.
There’s a lanyard loop connected to the FineTrack 2 by a thin string, and UGREEN also includes a spare in the box, which is a nice touch but also perhaps a quiet nod to the fact you might need it. It’ll do the job of looping through a bag zip or hanging off a rucksack for a quick trip, but I’d want something more robust if this was living on the outside of a bag permanently. The ball shape means it’s going to bounce and swing, and there’s a part of me that can picture it pinging off down the pavement if it catches on something at the wrong angle.
performance
Setup couldn’t be simpler on the UGREEN FineTrack 2. Hold the button to turn it on, bring it near your iPhone, open Find My, add as a new item, done. It paired instantly with no hiccups, exactly the same seamless experience I had with the FineTrack Duo. UGREEN doesn’t even offer its own tracking app, though it’s worth being aware this is an Apple-only option as a result, Android users are out of luck.
I had the FineTrack 2 following me around for a couple of weeks, in a bag, in my car, briefly on my keys. Location updates in Find My came through without any noticeably long delays, and accuracy was what you’d expect from a Bluetooth tracker riding on Apple’s network. There’s no UWB chip here, so no Precision Finding and no directional arrow guiding you the last few metres, but that’s true of all third-party trackers. Instead, you get a map pin and the alarm which for most situations is enough anyway.
Beyond that, it’s standard Find My fare. Lost Mode, left-behind notifications, NFC tap so someone who finds your stuff can get your contact details. The same core experience as an AirTag, minus Precision Finding, at roughly half the price. UGREEN claims the internal speaker is 110dB and without gear to test it I’ll have to take that at face value. What I can say is the alarm is plenty loud enough. Around the house it draws attention to itself immediately and it cuts through enough background noise to help you find which drawer you’d left it in or which sofa cushion it had fallen under without too much drama.
Unlike the FineTrack Duo which is rechargeable via USB-C, the FineTrack 2 is essentially single-use. There’s a fixed internal battery inside that little football that’s not replaceable, so once it’s dead, it’s dead. That’s concerning at first, until you read UGREEN estimates 5-7 years of battery life from its lab testing, at which point it’s fair to say you’ll have gotten your twenty-quid’s worth of value out of it.
summed up
The UGREEN FineTrack 2 isn’t trying to be the most feature-rich tracker in UGREEN’s lineup, the FineTrack Duo is still where I’d point anyone who wants a the more traditional, rechargeable tracker that works across both Apple and Android. The FineTrack 2 is the fun one.
I think the real sweet spot here might actually be kids. Give a child a little football to clip onto their school bag and they’re far more likely to keep track of it than they are a boring tracking disc. It’s got more personality and it’s cheap enough that you won’t lose sleep if it goes missing (though you’ll know where it is anyway).
Like a lot of UGREEN’s gear, despite being new to the range you’ll often find the FineTrack 2 on sale for as low as £12. At that price it’s less than half the price of an official Apple AirTag with 90% of the feature parity. If you’re not fussed about going first-party and you like a little fun in your tech, the FineTrack 2 is a great grab.
