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AirTag Reviews: Smart and Capable for Those Already Living in Apple's Ecosystem
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I am not worried about scratches. It is a too,l not a fashion statement or a piece of art.
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The embargo has lifted on reviews of Apple's new AirTag item tracker, although they are more like first impressions given that media outlets and YouTube channels had less than 48 hours of hands-on time with the small new device.
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AirTag will be available to order starting this Friday, April 23 at 5 a.m. Pacific Time in most countries, and it will begin arriving to customers on Friday, April 30. Priced at $29 each or $99 for a four pack, users can attach AirTags to personal belongings like a wallet, keys, purse, or backpack and then keep track of the location of those items in Apple's built-in Find My app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
We've already rounded up some AirTag unboxing videos, and below we've gathered some more in-depth opinions from AirTag reviews.
The Verge's Dieter Bohn said the AirTag as "smart" and "capable" for users who already live in Apple's ecosystem:In the video below, Bohn provides a closer look at the AirTag setup process and then goes on a hide-and-seek adventure in New York City to test out its capabilities:
TechCrunch's Matthew Panzarino said it often took 30 seconds or more to get an initial location from an AirTag in another room, but he said location tracking was extremely accurate down to a few inches:Mashable's Brenda Stolyar was less excited about the AirTag, but she did praise their Precision Finding feature that uses the built-in U1 chip and accelerometer from the AirTag, along with ARKit and the gyroscope from the iPhone, to guide you towards the AirTag with an on-screen arrow, haptic feedback, and sound.Precision Finding is limited to Apple devices with the U1 chip for Ultra Wideband, including all iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 models.
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Ummmm, no? Only iOS devices with the U1 chip will be "looking for your item." That's considerably less than every iOS device.
Its not days. It's an hour or less before a notification appears on your iPhone that you have a tracker following you.
So let me get this straight, you can get your AirTags customized with a poop emoji, but you can't put a key, backpack, suitcase, or luggage emoji on there? ?
U1 is only needed for the precision tracking. Otherwise it works much like the tracking of AirPods that exists currently.
A piece of clear plastic shows scratches? This is exciting revelation.
Oh no stalking!!!!!
I guess if that is true it would also be the case for a coworker, classmate.
People really overestimate the intelligence of the average bike thief.
Apple hasn't copied anyone else's design or patent that I am aware of.
It‘d be a nice feature to add down the road. In the meantime, I can think of quite a few excellent places to hide it.
How do I activate the arrow direction for find my tile, I say this cause I had to track a stolen wallet with a Tile once, they person threw it into a roller bin on garbage day on a busy street, I spent an hour walking around all the bins trying to listening for a sound from one of the 30 mins on that road
That will never happen because of privacy/stalking. If you could just disable it, you could track any person who hasn’t got an Apple product and they would never know.
Always annoys me when the so called tech you tubers get this stuff for free. How about give it to real fans to test ones who aren’t paid for clicks. I was buying these because I wanted them not because someone got a freebie and can ready a brochure.
Makes sense, but you should be able to turn off the beep pretty quickly. If an airtagged item is at the hotel and I’m out for drinks, I doubt it’s going to beep the entire time I’m gone.
People still steal bikes? People still ride them?
In any event, I'm more interested in why Apple hasn't embedded some sort of passive tracking tag technology into our iDevices already.
My iPhoneX was stolen a few years ago. The thief was smart enough to immediately power down the phone, strip it, and totally circumvent 'Find My'. He didn't want the phone. He wanted the glass or other parts. In the new world of Air Tag and Tile - don't we have the technology to mark or tag frame, glass, or other parts of the internal chassis NOT dependent on battery power to track, discourage and help catch thieves yet?
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Agreed. It is like apple encouraging thieves to buy iPhone!