AirTag randomly chirping

[ignatius345]

I keep an AirTag in my glovebox. Sometimes, randomly, it will start this chirping sound right when I get in my car and start driving. It's not the same as the sound you can trigger in FindMy, but more of a cricket-y chirping. It stops after a minute or so, but it's irritating as hell.

- I don't get any alert of any kind of my iPhone (which is with me in the car)
- The AirTag is not in Lost Mode or anything.
- I haven't activated any sounds on it through Find My.
- The AirTag is registered to me on the same Apple ID as the iPhone.
- There are no low battery warnings for the AirTag in Find My
- The chirping happens very randomly. No real pattern I've been able to determine.

 

[sublunar]

When I have had the chirping I just replaced the battery, never had a battery warning.

 

[ignatius345]

When I have had the chirping I just replaced the battery, never had a battery warning.

Interesting. My other AirTag gave me a warning when the battery got low. I'll swap this one out and see if it helps. Thanks for the tip.

 

[derbyshire2013]

Have only the one AirTag myself and had the same random ‘chirping’ noise with no prior notification to say the battery was low.

Swapped it out and also stopped for me.

 

[erihp]

AirTags will chirp when they detect movement and they are not in range of a paired device for some amount of time.

Maybe your phone hasn’t yet connected to it before the AirTag senses motion.

 

[iMarkypad]

I keep an AirTag in my glovebox. Sometimes, randomly, it will start this chirping sound right when I get in my car and start driving. It's not the same as the sound you can trigger in FindMy, but more of a cricket-y chirping. It stops after a minute or so, but it's irritating as hell.

- I don't get any alert of any kind of my iPhone (which is with me in the car)
- The AirTag is not in Lost Mode or anything.
- I haven't activated any sounds on it through Find My.
- The AirTag is registered to me on the same Apple ID as the iPhone.
- There are no low battery warnings for the AirTag in Find My
- The chirping happens very randomly. No real pattern I've been able to determine.

I had the same thing. Very strange

 

[ignatius345]

I had the same thing. Very strange

Did you track down the issue? Was it the battery?

 

[erihp]

Did you track down the issue? Was it the battery?

Did you read my post?

There are very specific conditions for the chirp. And leaving one in your car overnight then pushing off before the phone has connected, would do it.

 

[ignatius345]

Did you read my post?

There are very specific conditions for the chirp. And leaving one in your car overnight then pushing off before the phone has connected, would do it.

Excuse me? Yes I read your post, but as with all forum posts I take it with a grain of salt until it's verified or there's a reference. There's another poster claiming it's a battery issue, so I'm gathering information.

If you believe you have the definitive answer, do you have a reference to share? Thank you.

 

[nebo1ss]

AirTags will chirp when they detect movement and they are not in range of a paired device for some amount of time.

Maybe your phone hasn’t yet connected to it before the AirTag senses motion.

I doubt this is true. Otherwise AirTags left in checked luggage would be constantly chirping. Its the battery.