Just a thought, in the future (maybe via a software update), could AirTags trigger automations. Say you give a key with a tag to a friend or a cleaner, could that trigger automations when they enter the house?
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Could AirTags be used to trigger automations?
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Well, it DOES have a bluetooth radio in it. People are already doing home automation with bluetooth. (a friend of mine, so their daughters don't get into the wine cellar - the door is always locked unless one of the two parents is home)
You could use that same radio as a presence check.
How about that, my question answered -
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/05/17/airtags-work-as-an-nfc-trigger-for-apple-shortcuts/
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/05/17/airtags-work-as-an-nfc-trigger-for-apple-shortcuts/
Your answer doesn't do the solution you want. The AirTag being an NFC would have to be presented to the NFC reader on the phone to run the shortcut, not be in the vicinity.
Also, @fischersd, your friend's automation is probably using the people attached to the home and location based for that lock. The bluetooth automations are to select an action if a bluetooth device connects to your phone. On my phone, I can only select audio devices like headphones, speakers, or my car. My AirTag isn't there or other bluetooth devices like a meat thermometer I use over bluetooth.
Also, @fischersd, your friend's automation is probably using the people attached to the home and location based for that lock. The bluetooth automations are to select an action if a bluetooth device connects to your phone. On my phone, I can only select audio devices like headphones, speakers, or my car. My AirTag isn't there or other bluetooth devices like a meat thermometer I use over bluetooth.
Yeah, it's not using automations in their phones. It's using other home automation that detects the address of the bluetooth radio in their phones as being on prem and unlocking the door. By that token, they could add virtually any bluetooth device to the list of "authorized users" for that action.
With the Airtags, I thought their Radio IDs were changing due to security
AirTags Bluetooth ID Tracking explained
For the geeks out there, I've been experimenting with AirTags and how they can be tracked via the Bluetooth ID the device broadcasts. So you can detect them on a Raspberry Pi for example. Apple does randomly change the unique identifier frequently, but I learned a way to do avoid that. The only...
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Heh. Didn't know that! So, yep, they can't be used for that purpose. Shame. (and don't really see the point of randomizing the Bluetooth address).With the Airtags, I thought their Radio IDs were changing due to security
AirTags Bluetooth ID Tracking explained
For the geeks out there, I've been experimenting with AirTags and how they can be tracked via the Bluetooth ID the device broadcasts. So you can detect them on a Raspberry Pi for example. Apple does randomly change the unique identifier frequently, but I learned a way to do avoid that. The only...