absolutely, but that defeats the purpose of this integration though, doesn't it? and headphones and watches that you mentioned are too small to comfortably add the airtags too, i imagine.
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Everything You Need to Know About Apple's Find My Network Accessory Program
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It is intriguing to me that so many people are assuming apple has done absolutely no research into use cases for this.
Same way you have since Find My iPhone started, no? I don’t see what’s changed there.
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All police departments work this way? Or are you making a really broad generalization?
Yeah, Apple would never launch a service in a state of utter uselessness cough-maps-cough
Yeah, but people on internet forums invariably seem to know better than the product designers at a trillion-dollar company.
For some reason, it's often the case that Apple makes a sleek standard like this and very few people adopt it, meaning realistically anything that supports it will cost more. Hope it's not the same story this time.
Even AirPlay 2 is often not implemented properly on TVs that "support" it. On my Vizio TV, it works less than half the time. I know it's not some other factor cause my Apple TV works fine with it.
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That should be possible. Find My works by having every new-ish, Internet-connected Apple device in the world act as a sentry by scanning for nearby BT devices.
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I'm sure someone will program a Raspberry Pi with Find My and a remote detonate command.
(But yeah seriously, this seems more for finding lost items rather than stolen ones)
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Apparently not if you move with it for too long, thus prompting your device to warn you.
As of right now, that’s the case. Hopefully that changes. I’m hoping there will be an open sources work around like there is for HomeKit. My device got rejected, so I don’t even know what info they have available.
They should have branded this "Apple Locate". The name "Find My" is such an awkward name.
Let me quote the article...
"The Find My network that allows lost devices to be found through crowdsourcing is anonymous and encrypted, so while you will get info on where your lost item might be, you won't see who discovered it unless they contact you after you've provided a message and a phone number."
Nobody but the owner can track lost or stolen devices. Everyone else are just anonymous "nodes" of communication in the network.
Perhaps they learned lessons from mapsYeah, Apple would never launch a service in a state of utter uselessness cough-maps-cough
I am loving this but not loving the need to buy new devices - I have three Chipolo trackers that I use a lot. At the moment I have to use the Chipolo app to find missing items (keys and wallet generally not where I thought I left them) and would have loved to have the existing items integrated (understanding the UWB function wouldnt be an option).
Just about to message a Kickstarter project about including this in some upcoming headphones if possible...
Just about to message a Kickstarter project about including this in some upcoming headphones if possible...
The item has to be put in Lost Mode, otherwise it can’t be used to track you and won’t cause safety alerts.
"If Apple detects a Find My accessory that is on your person or moving with you, it will send you a safety alert. This is so you can make sure no one has planted a tracking device on you."
I really like what Apple is doing but I really do not appreciate this. I understand where Apple is coming from but I planned on sewing a tag into my backpack and hiding one in my car as a simple but effective way to track it, if it was ever stolen. Now any thief would see they are being tracked.
Also what about on a bus or subway? This feature could quickly have people's phones going haywire with safety warnings.
I really like what Apple is doing but I really do not appreciate this. I understand where Apple is coming from but I planned on sewing a tag into my backpack and hiding one in my car as a simple but effective way to track it, if it was ever stolen. Now any thief would see they are being tracked.
Also what about on a bus or subway? This feature could quickly have people's phones going haywire with safety warnings.
Very true. I was in London in late 2019 shopping with friends. One of them had her iPhone stolen while we were having dinner and we managed to use Find My to hunt the guy down to some dingy pub and he quickly gave the phone up after we made it ping. I was surprised he left it on. Wouldn't recommend people doing that but we were a couple of 240lb ex marines with CQC training.
I have no faith or trust in the Police, in the UK they are completely and utterly useless and weak and in the US corrupt and unpredictable. Depending on the value and location of the item I'll either lock it so it's useless for the thief and replace it or attempt to get it back. My view is if Apple enables us to just 'brick' stolen devices their attractiveness to thieves gets far far smaller. I've never understood why people steal iPhones anymore, the spare parts aren't worth a great deal and it's a serious hassle to try and get money for the stolen parts.
This sort of thing would be ideal for travel luggage that can just get lost.
Prolly as useless as find my AirPods. If not actively connected to your phone it doesn't work to actually find the item at the location.
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