I let the ones I have die and never replaced the batteries, so I doubt they'll add anything I care about enough to buy them.
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AirTag 2: Everything We Know So Far
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Didn’t work for me. Different coatings are different maybe. Would be nice to have a list of known good batteries for AirTag, since I’m coming up on another round of replacements soon.
It's literally the same size as the watch charging puck. Talk about an ecosystem win if they can make it rechargeable that way. Also, then they can also glue it shut like everything else they make 
"Apple is also expected to introduce a hidden "Track my Cheating Spouse who I just know is seeing that hussy, oh wait he's at his friend Dan's house they're probably inviting strippers over and not actually playing DND as a Level 36 Paladin."
User replaceable batteries is the main upgrade we need. These could just dangle like earrings 😂You must have a knock-off if you are putting CR2032s in your AirPods.
You could try buffing the outer rim and bottom of the battery (the two contact points) with some fine sandpaper (emery board). Also, run alcohol around the contacts on the Tag. Lastly, make sure the battery is good. (That one got me a couple of times)
I'm not shilling for them but I usually go with Duracell®. My experience has been that it's rarely worth going cheap on things like that.
I want a product red with a U2 album
Right but if they banned speculation this site would shut down in an hour.
Software issue. Won't affect current or new hardware. It's implementation. I think it's expected soon.
People have begged Apple for replaceable batteries, and when they finally do, “it’s too easy”, “I prefer wireless charging”. People are impossible to please.
LOL that would be hilarious.
Phones and laptops are fortunately a bit different in that built-in lithium batteries can and do get replaced. But with more basic stuff like a keyboard or a bluetooth speaker or a little tracker or whatever, the death of the battery essentially means the death of the device -- even if all the other components are still working fine.
Magic mouse, Trackpad and Magic Keyboard have plenty of space for AAA rechargeables. There's even AAAA rechargeables. I had a AAAA flashlight once, it was awesome.
I’ve been happy with my AirTags. Not sure they really need any major improvements.
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Remembering the time when Apple introduce AirTags.
While welcome doesn’t resolve my issue when handing down an iPhone 8-plus to my oldest kid. It’s being dropped for support at ios17. Guess I’ll be keeping tabs on his stuff too!
Absolutely. And I like speculation, I just wish it was less frequently breathlessly reported as fact. 😀Right but if they banned speculation this site would shut down in an hour.
You could argue it's on a site called macrumors so people should understand that and you'd be right. but they don't, do they? 🤣
An updated version of the Annoy-My-Family-Tags surely must be a win, right? I can’t tell you how many times someone has used a piece of luggage or used my car keys and after a while the wife or one of the kids complains about warning messages that someone is stalking them. I’ve let them all die a slow death. They are virtually useless at this point for theft detection and annoying to others. Won’t be buying an updated version.
Put them up for sale. I find them incredibly useful, and most of those settings I have turned off. I would find them annoying too, but I figure hey, change the settings and see what happens. Turns out, when the notifications are off, I'm not bothered.
YMMV.
When they notify someone who steals stuff that you are tracking your stolen stuff, I find them virtually useless anyway. I still have one on my keyring, but the battery is dead. May replace that one simply because it is good for finding lost keys and benefited me greatly when my keys fell down beside a car seat where I could not see even with a flashlight.
I think Apple is pretty clear that the only purpose for the tags is tracking your own (and your family's) stuff when you lose it. For that purpose they work very well for me. Theft tracking is a lot dicier because it spills over into stalker tracking.
Undoubtedly liability causes many useful things to not be available due to evil motives of evil people. I've used my AirTags a total of one time in 2+ years to find keys that I eventually would have found. If helping track stolen goods isn't a 'good' feature for Apple, then I have no need of it. Crazy that we still sell alcohol in America. It has contributed to millions of more deaths than AirTags ever could.