Caporegime
Yep
Poll: *** The official AirTag thread (it comes in packs of four and everything!) ***
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Yep
Soldato
thanks.. no good for my use case then.
Caporegime
Not really they are meant for locating lost things, not stolen
Also if someone was to steal your car there would need to be a iPhone nearby to give you an updated position.
Soldato
No problem, it was just a thought
No, it's not a stalking device
Caporegime
That’s one of the main use cases. If you misplace your keys in your house for example you can use the Ultra wide band Bluetooth as a sort of compass on your phone to find your keys. Outside of your house an AirTag will report to other iPhones it’s whereabouts allowing you to see it on find my app. It will also make a noise after a while to alert people it has been separated from your phone.
Soldato
Also can have the unwanted side affect of draining the battery on your apple devices 
That’s the primary use for them really. Anything else is secondary.
Caporegime
I have one in my car, put a temporary one in my luggage when travelling, one in my wallet.
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There’s these.
Soldato
I use an I-Clip which is AirTag compatible, great wallet
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That looks amazing but my wallet was bought for me from my Dad who has passed away so I'll have to find a different way. I guess I could just slip it into the back under one of the cards although if it bends it too much I'll be annoyed.I use an I-Clip which is AirTag compatible, great wallet
For Apple Airtag
I-CLIP is not only the most flexible mini-wallet in the world, it is also the best designed to enable a clear overview of its contents: up to 12…
Soldato
Every few weeks I seem to look at Air tags along with some of the other options from a few other brands which I can't remember off the top of my head. Can someone explain roughly how something works if it does get lost? Let's say I'm out in countryside rather than 'lost them under a cushion in the house'. If I go to Find my iPhone with my air tag connected would it show a location at that point? On one of the other brands I looked at someone would have to find the keys and connect it to their phone to then show the location to me, or a similar process which isn't ideal.
Is that the case with an Air Tag?
Thanks!
Is that the case with an Air Tag?
Thanks!
If you lose something in the wild, any passing iPhone will automatically register the AirTag location and upload it so you can see where it was last seen. It's not like the Tile things where people actively have to have the Tile app installed. Every iPhone is always listening for these unless the owner opts out.
You can look on your iPhone using the Find My app and it'll show you the last known location of the AirTag.
So you can see they immediately had a huge user base around the world to help find lost items compared to other such trackers like Tile.
You can look on your iPhone using the Find My app and it'll show you the last known location of the AirTag.
So you can see they immediately had a huge user base around the world to help find lost items compared to other such trackers like Tile.
My wife has been away since Tuesday last week, she left her keys at home. Her keys have an AirTag attached. On Thursday, I noticed a noise occasionally but I couldn't work out where it was coming from. She came home Thursday evening and went back away later at night and again, after a couple of days I noticed a noise again from time to time.
It was the AirTag sending out the "Hey, you're being stalked" alert!
When I hold her AirTag near my phone, I get this. Note I've blanked out the serial number and the phone number is only shown as a partial but I've blanked it as well.
I assume if she were to flag it as lost in Find My, it'd show me her contact number. She'll be back in the next couple of days so it'll stop bleeping at me. The link for instructions to disable go to the page showing how to take the battery out.
It was the AirTag sending out the "Hey, you're being stalked" alert!
When I hold her AirTag near my phone, I get this. Note I've blanked out the serial number and the phone number is only shown as a partial but I've blanked it as well.
I assume if she were to flag it as lost in Find My, it'd show me her contact number. She'll be back in the next couple of days so it'll stop bleeping at me. The link for instructions to disable go to the page showing how to take the battery out.
