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Land Rover just gave one of its SUVs an innovative new feature

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Land Rover showed off it's refreshed Discovery Sport SUV Wednesday, and for the most part, not much really changed. But there was one feature that really stood out to us. 

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The SUV will now tell you if and when you've forgotten an item like a wallet, a backpack, or keys thanks to a new partnership with Tile

Users simply apply the Tile tags, which are basically Bluetooth-enabled tracking devices, to specific items they don't want to lose. 

The in-car app is then able to monitor whether these items are inside the car or not. If it notices that something with a tag is missing, it will display a message on the infotainment screen and it will ask if the driver wants to navigate to the location where a signal from tag was last received.

If something with a Tile tag is lost inside the car (trust me it happens), there's an option to turn on a 90-decibel alarm that's supposed to help you find what you've lost. 

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Land Rover says it's the first time this kind of Bluetooth tracking tech has been implemented in road cars.

The downside to this is that now, car owners are going to be lazier than ever. The thought to grab your wallet before leaving the house probably won't even cross your mind until you see your car yelling at you.

And no one needs lazier drivers. 

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