This is the true answer. I had the same issue. Bought a real, non coated battery, issue went away. Trying to scrape off the coating didn't work.
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AirTag 2: Everything We Know So Far
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“We’ve updated AirTag and we think stalkers are going to love it!”
Hopefully they improve the battery - a few of mine barely lasted a year.
Hopefully they improve the battery - a few of mine barely lasted a year.
Never going to happen. Apple loves expensive gadgets to wrap your iToys in.
Don’t know what country you’re in In my country (EU), you can drop batteries off in any supermarket and recycling centre. There are a lot of advertisements about the importance of not throwing batteries away. As a result, only 5% of batteries end up in the trash. (Although I’m a bit skeptical about this impressive number).
Hoping to see the next version in different colours
I had ours years no issues. We had no stalkers as well. If people just keep on trash Products. Just Goes to show that people will trash virtually anything
Wow, 2021? I was sure they are already around for many years. Did they really release them at the height of the pandemic when we did not leave our homes anyway?
I vigorously rub it with isopropyl alcohol for a few moments and always works fine. Obviously easier to buy non-coated batteries, but it's not difficult to make the coated ones work.
Thanks, I'll make sure to give that a try next time. I was quite annoyed that the Duracells I'd bought wouldn't work. I don't know what Apple have done to make them not work, every other device I have that takes CR2032s work just fine with coated batteries.
I said this before about the bitter substance battery. I used them many times. I had no problems; Chinese types and others were made in Japan. I had No problem they worked. Maybe Depends on the thickness of the substance on the cells. If it's thin etc. All I had experience with was the bitter substance around the cell was there and the air tag worked.
I’m surprised no one has said “louder”.
I find them pitifully quiet. I can literally be feet away, but if it’s stuck in the sofa I can barely hear it. But I am a bit deaf to be fair. Though I’d still say they are much quieter than my previous tiles.
I find them pitifully quiet. I can literally be feet away, but if it’s stuck in the sofa I can barely hear it. But I am a bit deaf to be fair. Though I’d still say they are much quieter than my previous tiles.
I find it very annoying how airtags can only be tracked by one apple account... I mean I can track where my wife's phone is but not where our dog's airtag is because it's on her account? I wish they'd just add this option first
That's coming in the next IOS release...
So will they release an SE, Mini, Pro, or Pro Max?
With a Pro or Ultra chip?
With a Pro or Ultra chip?
So what you mean to say is that we know nuttin. Thank you for the fact-filled article.
Wireless charging and internal rechargeable battery...
... for AirPods 2 indeed if yours does not come with one already.
... for AirTag 2? No, thank you. How often do you replace battery in your AirTag? Once per year?
It does not make sense to drastically increase the price (and maybe even size) of the AirTag and make it throwaway item once the battery finally dies. Just because of one per year event of replacing the cheap CR2032 battery.
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One thing they probably change is how easy it is to disable (remove) the speaker. New-gen will probably simply fail without a speaker. Might still be hackable but not as easy as it is now.
This really needs family sharing. That is the one feature they lack that makes it pointless at home. My device is the only way to find anything.
I assume that was a typo and you meant AirTag 2?
Anyway, I agree but for me the big plus for a rechargeable battery would be that it would open up the possibility of alternate form factors. For some of my uses I would find a credit card sized AirTag way more convenient particularly for my wallet but also for sticking onto the back of a few things.
The current form factor also has its uses, e.g. on a key ring, so I could see a place for both form factors being offered.
Yeah, god forbid you have to go through that hardship.
Built-in batteries are basically a death sentence. As soon as you put too many cycles on the battery, you throw away the device.
I used isopropyl alcohol. The coating came right off. (I could see the brown stain on the cloth). Tag is still working.
It's not a bad idea but it would have to be integrated into a device. Much of the space in an AirTag is taken up by the battery. Smaller battery = shorter life. Apple seems to feel that the current form is ideal.