This basically gives people some peace of mind and doesn’t require a subscription. Sure it’s not as good as a gps tracker but if your pet doesn’t escape a lot then it’s an fairly cheap insurance.
... just comes in with solutionsEasy solution, make sure you have both a hamster and a snake and then just tag the hamster.
Cats please
Good idea but I am not sure how airtags will work for people's dogs that consistently escape from their yards? Airtag range to help with this?
My dogs never escape but there are escaped dogs in the neighbood all the time.
Cool. Totally disagree as you are basically arguing its worthless for your use case, but there are plenty of others who will find the features of this much more useful than a GPS collar. As I live in a fairly urban area with lots of iPhones around this will be perfect. Will make it much easier to at least point you in the right direction of your pet and then you can pinpoint exactly once in range. The GPS collars currently available are way too big and clunky for small dogs and also cats. Plus the battery lasts a few days max in anything a decent size. I can leave this on my pet all the time without worrying about battery for life. Plenty of people who will find this functionality great and certainly not worthless!It's far from an ideal pet tracker. You have to be near the pet, or someone does. And it's not overly accurate.
Friend has a GPS collar for his dog. He can see the location real-time on his app. He can buzz the dog, turn on a light to make it easier to find in the dark, and much more. He can also set a geo-fence, like his own yard, do he gets a notification any time the dog goes outside that area. Seems well worth the $10/mon he pays for it, especially when we go up north there there wouldn't be another person with an iPhone for miles, so an AirTag would be worthless.
Cool. Totally disagree as you are basically arguing its worthless for your use case, but there are plenty of others who will find the features of this much more useful than a GPS collar. As I live in a fairly urban area with lots of iPhones around this will be perfect. Will make it much easier to at least point you in the right direction of your pet and then you can pinpoint exactly once in range. The GPS collars currently available are way too big and clunky for small dogs and also cats. Plus the battery lasts a few days max in anything a decent size. I can leave this on my pet all the time without worrying about battery for life. Plenty of people who will find this functionality great and certainly not worthless!![]()
You're not in Houston, are you?It is too small for my pet tiger...
It's far from an ideal pet tracker. You have to be near the pet, or someone does. And it's not overly accurate.
Friend has a GPS collar for his dog. He can see the location real-time on his app. He can buzz the dog, turn on a light to make it easier to find in the dark, and much more. He can also set a geo-fence, like his own yard, do he gets a notification any time the dog goes outside that area. Seems well worth the $10/mon he pays for it, especially when we go up north there there wouldn't be another person with an iPhone for miles, so an AirTag would be worthless.
It's far from an ideal pet tracker. You have to be near the pet, or someone does. And it's not overly accurate.
Friend has a GPS collar for his dog. He can see the location real-time on his app. He can buzz the dog, turn on a light to make it easier to find in the dark, and much more. He can also set a geo-fence, like his own yard, do he gets a notification any time the dog goes outside that area. Seems well worth the $10/mon he pays for it, especially when we go up north there there wouldn't be another person with an iPhone for miles, so an AirTag would be worthless.
There's nothing wrong with it, people are free to spend on what they want to. But it's odd to hinge an accessory with a solution in mind that the base product wasn't made for. Especially considering Apple's ability to adjust the software, an update to AirTags could be released that could make its tracking for things like pets worse.and what's the issue with that exactly? if you feel like you can successfully track your pet, who cares what apple said?
My dogs are being trained to come to me with treats when they hear the sound.Won't the beeping of the Air Tags scare some animals though?
We took our dogs swimming a couple of weeks ago. I noticed one of them was missing their AirTag from their holder. Pulled up the Find My app and saw that it never left the house. Sure enough we got home and found it sitting on the floor next to the coat closet. Find My works just fine, and demonstrated it will pick up the AirTag if an Apple device is nearby.I'm also skeptical of it even working that well in urban areas. By the time you get pinged and head over to where you're supposed to, the dog is going to be long gone. Then how much longer till you get another ping? I think there's a reason Apple says not to put one on your dog.
You don’t need to be in a heavy urban area to get an accurate location reading. I’ve seen some YouTube videos of people making up scenarios in small towns to see how they work with smaller populations and if they update frequently. Don’t forget, the Find My network relies on iPhones, iPads, & Macs.The conditions don't seem to have been met for using Airtag for this till now. You need a way to attach it to the collar and then I assume you'll need to be in a heavy urban area with lots of Apple devices so you can get a lock on it. I can't imagine Airtag will even remotely work if your farm dog goes walkabout.
Just like the article title, you paraphrased the quote incorrectly.When companies make accessories for pets when Apple didn't design AirTags for pets
what exactly do you envision them adjusting that will make it worse?Apple's ability to adjust the software, an update to AirTags could be released that could make its tracking for things like pets worse.
You don’t need to be in a heavy urban area to get an accurate location reading. I’ve seen some YouTube videos of people making up scenarios in small towns to see how they work with smaller populations and if they update frequently. Don’t forget, the Find My network relies on iPhones, iPads, & Macs.
It's a very, very niche market accessory. Only people who's pets gets stolen by someone who uses an iPhone would be in the market for this. If you think your pet will be stolen by someone with an iPhone, this product is for you.When companies make accessories for pets when Apple didn't design AirTags for pets