Why do I need an update button for such a tiny update? It's not like I can use the AirPods while they are in their case, connected to power. My AirPods2 updated automatically in the background without having to press a button which is the very definition of "just works".Same logic behind removing the firmware upgrade option for their headphones with a system that "just works"...and then needs to be replaced by a tool only Apple techs get access to 3 months later.
Could be a bug. Nothing is final until iOS 16 drops out this Fall.I don’t understand the reasoning behind this change at all.
View attachment 2032609It does come back when it needs replacing.
I don’t understand the reasoning behind this change at all.
Dutch blog iCulture.nl, which spotted the battery icon's absence, speculates that Apple has removed it altogether because of persistent problems getting the indicator to display correctly. In some cases over the past year, the battery would display as empty, when in fact that was far from the case.
What would be better is an accurate battery level indicator. A “you are critically low” message isn’t really useful. By that time it may be too late for you to be able to do anything about it.Which is better, no battery level unless its low or an inaccurate level?
If you want an accurate battery level, its not coming from an off-the-shelf CR which has no monitoring circuitry.What would be better is an accurate battery level indicator. A “you are critically low” message isn’t really useful. By that time it may be too late for you to be able to do anything about it.
I believe I read that the “bitter coated” batteries were not recommended. Of course, now I’d have to find itReturn Zero is Exactly correct. Between Duracells and Energizers I have had wildly different readings on the airtags, and some “bitter coated” Duracells really created wonky results. Coin cells are all over the place.
Fortunately Apple sees it differently.I’m tired of all the fear mongering around AirTags. You could stalk women before AirTags came out with other gps devices, it isn’t Apple’s responsibility to make my stuff work worse because media sites scare people with what could happen.
Even before that you could stalk anyone, NOT just women, with highly specialized photon receptors with advanced tracking, stabilization AND recognition capabilities. And EVERYONE HAD THEM!!I’m tired of all the fear mongering around AirTags. You could stalk women before AirTags came out with other gps devices, it isn’t Apple’s responsibility to make my stuff work worse because media sites scare people with what could happen.
It’s that second assumption that’s dangerous. If you put one on/in your own luggage so you might be able to track a lost suitcase down and it was low at the start of your trip then you probably would have preferred to know before your trip when you might have had a chance to replace the battery.If you want an accurate battery level, its not coming from an off-the-shelf CR which has no monitoring circuitry.
I'm willing to bet that Apple sends the low warning while you still have time to change the battery, assuming you have access to the tag.
Remember when people would change batteries early if they anticipated a possible issue?It’s that second assumption that’s dangerous. If you put one on/in your own luggage so you might be able to track a lost suitcase down and it was low at the start of your trip then you probably would have preferred to know before your trip when you might have had a chance to replace the battery.