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New Wallets have been birthed at the Fall 2021 iPhone event, Test Your Might
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I wonder if Find My is coming to last year wallet. Based on the description on the Apple Store, the iPhone just detects the last time it was detached thanks to the NFC chip and remember this position. It’s nothing last year wallet can’t do so I really hope they won’t make me regret buying one last year.
I bought one. I am hoping that supports "find my" means actual tracking using find my, and not just the location when disconnected from the phone.
that is a bit of an oddity. perhaps something embedded in the color coordination when you attach silicone and leather wallets? doesn't make any sense at its face though I agree
I ordered it but I wonder how it will actually work. I guess it will send back the last location from the moment it got taken off the phone? I doubt it has a chip built inside
Doubt it. Where would the technology for that be hidden, in other words, why would the AirTag be so big if they could fit the same technology into the slim wallet. Also, the price is unchanged
Ordered the new one, but I have last year’s as well. Hoping for some clarification on whether or not the Find My integration will work with the old one or not.
Since I have both magsafe clear case and saddle brown leather case (for iphone 12 of course), I checked and I confirm that there is no notification when you attach wallet on clear case. It works fine with leather case.
With that in mind, new find my gimmick should work with old wallets (although it wont, we all know that)
I wonder if the find wallet thing has something to do with wallet animation not showing when clear case is on, but does for silicone + leather cases having more to it..
maybe stripped tech in the interest of only showing that white ring and not more under the hood ?dunno
maybe stripped tech in the interest of only showing that white ring and not more under the hood ?dunno
No, I have ios 15 beta and there’s no wallet in find my. They probably can make it work with old wallets but it won’t happen.
How? Seems to me the wallet needs some kind of electronics package built in in order to function as a findable device , and the first generation wallets don’t have that as far as I know. Speculation on my part here, but power for such a chip and Bluetooth emissions would come from inductive charging of a battery when the wallet is attached to the back of your iPhone.
I hope someone does a tear down of the new wallet to see how it works…
Edit: This article says that the wallet notifies you of the location where it was detached, not necessarily where the wallet actually is.
Apple builds Find My into iPhone MagSafe wallet ... sort of
Apple’s newest leather iPhone MagSafe wallet has a trick: The handset can show the user the last place the wallet was attached. This should make finding
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I have the wallet from last year. I deliberately take it off in normal circumstances and keep it in a pocket in my purse. But I could see if I was traveling without a purse (when I would use the wallet attached) that the location detached tracking would be help. I’m hoping it works for my current wallet - it seems like it should since it’s the phone detecting that it’s attached.
I had the wallet but the problem is that unlike a normal wallet where you take it out of your pocket and take out whatever card you want from the wallet, with the Apple wallet you have to take your iPhone out your pocket then detach the wallet from the phone and then take the card out.
I thought this was really weird as well. It sounds like it will work with silicone and leather cases. I just don't understand the science!
It seems like the previous generation MagSafe wallets don't work with find my. Or at least I cannot find information not find confirmation of that. I would prefer to get the saddle brown of previous generation versus golden. Maybe ill just get it to test it.
Is there something physically different with these new wallets vs the old ones?
I did update to iOS15 today and tried the "find my" wallet but it was not working.
I did update to iOS15 today and tried the "find my" wallet but it was not working.
Seems very likely the same way it "tracks" AirPods. For instance, I put my AirPods into the charging case at work and drove home. Last location is still at work even though they are next to me at home.
So are we sure it will work with the 13 clear case. I know the caveats listed only the 12 but would be good to know if it works with the 13 clear case
People with the apple clear case - any scratches on your pro stainless steel sides? Do you keep the case on or swap cases a lot? Looking for input
According to the article I posted in post #14, some new hardware was needed in the wallet to make FindMy work with it. Apparently Apple is only selling this new version of the wallet now.
