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On Version 5.0, the Totem Compass battery lasts up to 12+ hours in Vibe Mode and beyond 20 hours in Eco Mode, depending on use, and fully charges in about 45 minutes over USB-C. Here's battery life by mode and software version, plus our CTO's 2025 letter on how we fixed a battery bug.

Apple says AirTag was designed to find belongings, not people. Here's a fair, sourced comparison of the Totem Compass and AirTag for keeping your group together: how each gets its location, accuracy, updates, SOS, battery, and when an AirTag is the better choice.

Two Totem Compasses can reach each other directly at up to roughly 1,000 meters (about 2/3 of a mile) in open, ideal conditions, with no cell service. When other Totems are around, the Unity Mesh Network can relay locations further. Here's how it works and what affects it.

Heading to a festival? Update every Totem to Version 5.0, charge up, Bond your group before you leave, and learn what the lights mean. Here's the full pre-festival checklist, plus the tips our support team shares most.

Released in February 2025, Version 3.7 brought longer battery life, Day and Night Vibe, 1,000+ m of peer-to-peer range in good conditions, and faster mode switching.

Every friend you Bond with gets their own colored light on your Totem Compass. Here's how Bond colors are assigned, how to check who's who, how Smart Groups and the App change colors, and what solid and pulsing lights mean.

Bonding connects your Totem Compass with a friend's so each can point to the other, no cell service needed. Here's how to Bond one friend at a time or your whole group at once with Smart Groups, how Bond colors work, and what to do if a Bond won't take.

This year was nothing short of transformative for Totem. Ready for an honest reflection of 2024? Let's get into it.

Hold your Totem flat and it switches into Compass Mode, where every light points to a Bonded friend. Here's how to connect to satellites, how Version 5.0's Auto-Calibration works, and how to read your Bond Lights.

The Totem Compass has no screen. Everything runs through five parts: tilt, the Touch Crystal, the Halo, the Power Button and the SOS Button. Here's what each one does on Version 5.0.

Click once to turn on, click again for Eco Mode, and hold to turn off. Here's everything the Totem Compass Power Button does, plus what the lights mean at power-up.

Five small habits get you to your friends faster: stay out from under big structures, keep your phone away while navigating, press the Crystal with your whole fingerpad, save Vibe Mode for night, and unplug before checking the battery.