The fact they did this still makes them my favorite company for power tools however, I would not want someone to be misled regardless of where the fault lied in the explanation that I got. So, I don’t know who had it wrong Milwaukee or the supplier but I will say that Milwaukee stood by their product and understood the confusion and sent us a replacement. Not so!!! I quickly learned that the app only works if: someone else also has the app, and they have their blue tooth on. I thought no problem, I’ll shut it down and see where it’s at, report it to the police, and get my drill back. Within the first two weeks one set was already stolen off one of the trucks. I immediately purchased the two and swapped out some old drills on my guys trucks. I have always been in favor of Milwaukee tools and when I went to my local supplier and they told me about Milwaukee’s new tools that could be 1) tracked where they were and 2) shut down if they are stolen, I was completely all in. I am an electrical contractor and I bought two sets of the drills and impact combo for two of my foreman. The batteries and the battery charger are no different than the tools that have no smart features. Finally, I really want the ONE-KEY™ tools when locked, to prevent the batteries from being removed from the tools. Alas, I have to reconnect and lock the tool every time. Since the app already knows usage information about the tool and pings it for location every so often, I should be able to set an option to automatically lock the tool after X minutes of inactivity. Finally, I have to connect manually to lock and unlock my tool each time. I should be able to track the location and disable the output of these batteries since they cost as much as the tools do. Also, ONE-KEY™ currently doesn’t interact with the Milwaukee m18 batteries. Touching the tool again will connect and show all relevant information while the top right small font should give you the option to edit the tools information since that will be the least often performed function. The current version has connect up at the top right (after you select which tool) and then touching the tool again edits it’s information. One key can track tool and equipment locations and even lock ONE-KEY™ enabled devices (only 3 devices so far). This is a good start for what I believe could be a much more powerful tool. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Need to set some boundaries for the guys in the field? Set up your complementary guest login to share with your team, allowing you to set permissions on who can change what. If your tool is lost or stolen, render it useless by sending a remote shut-down command to the tool for the next time it comes within range of any open ONE-KEY™ app. Protect your ONE-KEY™ compatible tool by locking it out whenever it’s not in use. Any ONE-KEY™ app will automatically keep records of the last time it was within 100ft of your ONE-KEY™ compatible tools, allowing you to pinpoint missing items quickly. Keep a virtual eye on your things when you can’t. Pull reports on recent spend, run inventory audits, even see the cradle-to-grave story of any item in your inventory. Manage your equipment down to the project level. Snap receipts, log purchase info, set up service reminders, and assign tools out to your employees.

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