The world has changed so much that its made this product of kind of redundant. No wonder Apple delayed and delayed it. Until I go back to the office (can see us working from home for at least another year), it will be the tracking of keys and that's it for me.
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What will you track with AirTags?
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ZERO offense intended to others, but this is the first truly innovative idea I’ve read yet.
With some kind of stopper, you might be able to get one into the seat tube / some other frame cavity depending on your frame. This might limit the range though, but it's worth checking out. I know Datatag used to make a chip for the seat tube - that's going back to 2003 or before! It kind of wedged in, not too unlike that thing on headsets that goes into the fork.
I’m getting two and putting them in each of my gun safes.... just in case I’m robbed while out of town
Yes, but if the thief moves the bike or object with the Airtag(s) on it, the location may be tracked and registered and reported to the airtag owner. I doubt that the notification is instantaneous - so how does that affect a thief or the owner?
There are endless specific examples of how things play out, so it’s a bit early for anyone to Pooh-Pooh about what they think they know for sure - even with “multiple likes” on a forum. People often chide in with what they think - but that herd is often wrong here
Friends and acquaintances. (Of course with their agreement.) For example, when we are on trade fairs or festivals.
Ordered a four pack and one keychain holder. So one obviously is for my keys. Another will go in my bag I carry daily.
Not really sure what I'll use the other two for but figured since I'm buying more than one I might as well get the four pack because I'm sure I'll find a use for them at some point and having them around will come in handy.
I also have multiple bags, a small one that I basically just use to carry weed and a big backpack for travelling (when that's a thing again), will chuck one in a hidden compartment of the big bag for sure since it often contains valuables.
Was also idly wondering about putting one on my cat's collar. I know you're officially not meant to use it for tracking pets but in the past some weird **** has happened like a cat of mine got locked in somewhere for over a week, or at least that's what the assumption was. Someone trapped him somewhere and cut his whiskers off anyway. And sometimes they just wonder off and go missing for a bit cuz they're cats. Loads of iPhones around my area so AirTags could come in very handy in such situations instead of hanging up missing pet posters everywhere.
Not really sure what I'll use the other two for but figured since I'm buying more than one I might as well get the four pack because I'm sure I'll find a use for them at some point and having them around will come in handy.
I also have multiple bags, a small one that I basically just use to carry weed and a big backpack for travelling (when that's a thing again), will chuck one in a hidden compartment of the big bag for sure since it often contains valuables.
Was also idly wondering about putting one on my cat's collar. I know you're officially not meant to use it for tracking pets but in the past some weird **** has happened like a cat of mine got locked in somewhere for over a week, or at least that's what the assumption was. Someone trapped him somewhere and cut his whiskers off anyway. And sometimes they just wonder off and go missing for a bit cuz they're cats. Loads of iPhones around my area so AirTags could come in very handy in such situations instead of hanging up missing pet posters everywhere.
Well - 2 things
1 - if it's on a plane, if all goes well, the owner should also be on the plane, so it wouldn't be flagged as tracking anyone. It's not separated from the owner.
2 - shouldn't you and everyone else on the plane be in airplane mode so no tracking should be capable anyway.
Ordered a 4-pack. One for my keys, one for my everyday bag, and 2 for my luggage when I travel.
The only question/issue I have is that Apple seems to have all of these tags/loops meant to hold the AirTags outside of the bag/luggage. I still feel leery putting it on the outside of luggage that may be checked and was planning on just hiding it inside the bag somewhere - probably with my "old man undies"
The only question/issue I have is that Apple seems to have all of these tags/loops meant to hold the AirTags outside of the bag/luggage. I still feel leery putting it on the outside of luggage that may be checked and was planning on just hiding it inside the bag somewhere - probably with my "old man undies"
But don't you still need either wifi or cell service to communicate with the apple mothership to trigger the alerting mechanism? I thought bluetooth was just for determining the physical location but in order to start pinging people in the location, you'd need some sort of wifi/cell service.
Tracking pets? I guess it could work. But if the dog / cat is wandering the streets how often will they have a close encounter with an idevice ? And is there a delay? How long would you think your pet would stick around? I guess it's better than nothing and may ping a general location. But it definitely won't give real-time updates.
Yes I imagine you'd need some form of internet connection to "ping" the AirTag and GPS would have to be on to share location info to AirTags, but the actual tracking is done through bluetooth, the AirTag knows where it is by connecting via bluetooth to the iOS devices around it. If no current location can be given (because airplane mode disables GPS) the last current location will be stored instead.
So the actual tracking side of things will still be running. Sort of.
Yeah, I don't really either -anymore-. Back in my college days being hung over and fuzzy memory about the night before, this would have saved me tons of time.
Regardless, I'll still probably buy them since they have user replaceable batteries and won't become e-waste in a couple years like AirPods.
Exactly what do you expect Apple to do in such a random scenario??
If that’s the case why not just call them to find out where they are or have them drop a pin?
I live in a major city so they're almost certain to pass several iOS devices. Even a rough location is better than nothing.
I just wish they were thinner and could fit in a “standard” guy’s wallet that goes in ones back pocket and I wouldn’t be afraid to sit on.