Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability

God damn it. I just got a four pack.

But the real question is... is the speaker still glued on?

AirTags don't help if the police are understaffed and totally unconcerned.

ProTip: Avoid Austin. Property theft everywhere and the cops don't care at all.

Great that they are improving a relatively low profile product. I imagine that the warning of using AirTag on pets is just for regulatory purposes?

The AirTag is a fantastic device.

If only it were usable with an Android phone :(

And they didn't put a small loop in it so you can attach one of those skinny little lanyard hoops?!

Attaching these things to anything is their major flaw.

/picard facepalm

Apple's Find My helps thieves more than it helps the owners:

When I was on a walk with my friend, my iPhone constantly nagged me about "AIRPODS ARE MOVING WITH YOU!!!1!" and it showed me the EXACT complete route on the map.. I didn't even ask for it!

When I lost my AirPods (which are ridiculously easy to remove from your iCloud account and Find My: just hold down the pairing button for 30 seconds), it just showed me a vague radius and "Last seen around here 12 hours ago" not even a exact time.

I wonder what changes they made to the firmware, as the first generation you could “fix” it so it doesn’t notify people nearby.

Is this just to lock out the cheap clones?

AirTag (and FindMy for devices like phones, tablets, etc.) might be my favorite iOS/Apple feature and one that I use regularly.

I hate the stupid things. Or rather, I hate that I cannot on my android phone click "yes I know this air tag, it's owned by my wife, please stop notifying me that it's tracking me every single time I go anywhere". What an absolutely monumental annoyance in usability that doesn't seem to have any way to override it.

I was hoping for 6DoF sub-mm realtime tracking. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

I hate that this eventual e-waste wasn't standardized across vendors. It makes perfect sense for every phone to be a potential node, but the network is bifurcated (and possibly more bifurcations within Android due to Google's privacy-first approach...).

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That took a long time. Better late than never.

Is this demonstrably better that just... the devices already in your bag? My backpack would be a primary use case... and in it are my AirPods, iPad, and MacBook Air. I think any of these can use Find My already?

Are they less prone to stalking? All I see is generic corpo "industry security" verbiage

The greatest success of AirTags is its silent refutation of the clamoring concern trolling.

It's been, what, six years now? The media would pay hand over fist for an airtags stalking story and how many have there actually been?