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Apple Removes AirTag Battery Level Indicator From the Find My App
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Judging by the comments and the down-votes around here, it seems that is the case. 😒
One of Apple's problems is that they often do not explain why they make design changes like this. I'm sure there was a good "engineering" reason why they removed the battery indicator.
This happens with any big company. Not just Apple.
And whether they explained or not, it wouldn't have changed anything. There always would have people sharing non sense opinions about it.
“In iOS 15.6, the notification is still sent to the user, but the general battery level icon is absent unless the battery is critically low.”
My AirTag not working correctly (not getting notifications) so I un-paired then when I tried re-pairing it said low battery must replace. I didn’t get any notification and the low battery icon never showed.
My AirTag not working correctly (not getting notifications) so I un-paired then when I tried re-pairing it said low battery must replace. I didn’t get any notification and the low battery icon never showed.
Sounds about right if the pairing was messed up, it wouldn’t know about the AirTag.
Yeah, but Apple’s been ignoring those voices for awhile, no need to stop now. Apple will sell several million more of these to folks for whom this is a non issue.
Well the low battery notifications still work. Just got one on my first Air Tag. Battery about to expire, time to replace or something like that.
Many batteries are sold with a child-safe coating that discourages kids from eating them. Wipe the battery down with some alcohol and you should be good to go.
tried that - it *appeared that it had a sticker/coating on it, but nothing peeled or rubbed off. Apparently it wasn't just me - it was a supply chain/production issue (go figure).
We went back to generic Publix/supermarket brand.
(I guess kids can still eat them - UberEats not Eats)
When I did it I noticed a brown stain on the tissue. I guessed that was the coating. Lithium batteries usually have an insanely long shelf life but not forever.
Then you don’t know the battery is half dead when you get it out of the packet 😂
I had the battery indicator on my AirTag, that is until my battery reported low and I replaced it.
Like others, now I have no battery indicator on my AirTag - and that makes mes sad. 😥
Like others, now I have no battery indicator on my AirTag - and that makes mes sad. 😥
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I am late to this thread. Just upgraded to the latest iOS and discovered the Air Tag battery level indicator was gone, hence finding this thread. I have no idea how accurate it was / is, but as long as I'll get some indication when a battery needs replacing I guess I can live with out the permanent indicator.
Yes, we'll get the same "low Battery" alert we always did. The consensus was that the level wasn't accurate enough to be realistically displayed so Apple killed it.
You would have to ask Apple. You’re not going to get an official response here in these forms.
Maybe having that indicator somehow effected battery life or the indicator wasn’t accurate. That’s total speculation on my part so I don’t know.
I’ve had AirTag now for a year and a half and battery life shows as 90% full still.
Doubt that’s accurate but if it is then that’s awesome.
Doubt that’s accurate but if it is then that’s awesome.
If you read this thread, the general consensus is that because AirTags use replaceable batteries that do not have built-in charge management circuits, there is no accurate way to gauge the charge. it can only be roughly estimated via voltage levels and that is really only useful when the charge is getting low. Rather than give a false sense of the charge, they removed unrealistic detail and now simply report when the charge is low.
Because at the minute, Apple is making hiring and leadership position choices based on quota's for other things than 'who is the best person for the job' :-/ And then, even in a sane world, there'll always be bugs and issues that need ironing out - as there was in the golden era of Steve Jobs and his dream teams of designers and developers who had to prove themselves before getting a spot on a team.
But after getting hounded to replace the batteries in the AirTag on my keys, the battery showed solid 3 volts. I just put it back in, and haven't heard a peep about replacing it again. It needed some loving?
