What does the new MagSafe Wallet have that it can do Find My, but the old MagSafe Wallet can't?

[Luba]

Wondering why last year's MagSafe Wallet can't do Find My. What's different about the new MagSafe Wallet?

 

[barbu]

I assume the new one has the actual circuitry required, and the old one does not.

 

[one_chunk]

Surely it’s all software. The old one makes a noise when attached, makes a noise when detached.

The only difference is that the new one, when detached, will display the last known location in find my.

 

[MacDevil7334]

The new one has circuitry to identify it individually and associate it to your Apple ID. In addition to giving notifications when detached from your phone, you can also set the wallet to display your phone number if someone else finds it and attaches it to their phone. Pretty sure some sort of unique identifier is needed in the wallet so the phone knows which wallet has been attached or detached.

I do agree that the detach notifications are completely software driven and should be enabled for the old wallets. But I don’t think there is any way for the phone to know that it was your specific wallet that was connected without whatever chips is in the new wallets.

 

[seezar]

Surely it’s all software. The old one makes a noise when attached, makes a noise when detached.

The only difference is that the new one, when detached, will display the last known location in find my.

The difference is the new one has to have some sort of unique identifier for each specific wallet since it has the ability to display your phone number if someone else attaches it to their phone.

 

[parseckadet]

I'm pretty sure the answer is $60 that are not already in Apple's bank account.

 

[tgara]

Surely it’s all software. The old one makes a noise when attached, makes a noise when detached.

The only difference is that the new one, when detached, will display the last known location in find my.

I don’t think so…. The Find My trick apparently requires new hardware. Apple discontinued its previous clip-on wallet on the dash of the announcement of the new one, and is only offering the new one. There’s no reason to do that if the new and old versions are functionally the same.

 

[skillwill]

The new one has an NFC chip in it according to Apple’s website