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What's the use case of AirTags as a convenience product as I don't typically lose things.
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Only after 3 days though? Also, what are the chances a thief sports an iPhone? Much less?
Only after 3 days though? Also, what are the chances a thief sports an iPhone? Much less?
it notifies earlier than that if they’re travelling with it and the owner is not present.
Based on what we’ve seen of a thief with an iPhone steals something with an airtag on. They will be notified and will be able to disable it in under an hour.
for me I play plenty of sports where I leave bags around in public etc. The air tags were a must buy for me. But with them being so easily defeated it makes them pointless for me.
Yeah, in that case, you just have to congratulate an Iphone owner thief. lol
I'm not expecting anti-theft... I'm just expecting a headstart in finding it if just stolen or lost. It would be weird though for a thief to go around with his iphone to locate tag before stealing things and knowing he has to disable things... again, hats off to the tech savvy thief! lol
He doesn’t have to use his iPhone to locate the tag.
if the tag is moving with them and the owner is not present (ie it’s in the handbag they have just stolen). Then their phone will notify them there’s an unknown tag moving with them and give them the option to disable it.
I’m not too annoyed by it. It is what it is but it means that there’s no use case for me as I don’t lose wallets, and keys etc, as they’re either on my person or in the same place at home at all times.
That's literally the definition of "losing stuff" 😂 I guess you meant you never permanently lose stuff 😉
My issue is that when I misplace something occasionally, it's never the same thing and often it's something that an Air Tag wouldn't be practical to keep on (e.g. sunglasses).
Where have you read an android will notify them? What process or app is it using for that?
This seems to confirm you need Find My app:
12 Things You May Still Be Wondering About Apple’s New AirTags
We’ve waited a long time to see Apple’s AirTags make their debut, and while we’ll still have to wait another week or so before we can get our hands on
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For sure, they will get a beeping sound from the airtag itself after 3 days and then need to find it and then use NFC up close to read the tag or destroy it.
I didn’t say Android.Where have you read an android will notify them? What process or app is it using for that?
This seems to confirm you need Find My app:
12 Things You May Still Be Wondering About Apple’s New AirTags
We’ve waited a long time to see Apple’s AirTags make their debut, and while we’ll still have to wait another week or so before we can get our hands on
For sure, they will get a beeping sound from the airtag itself after 3 days and then need to find it and then use NFC up close to read the tag or destroy it.
With an iPhone you will get notified if a tag not belonging to you is moving with you when the owner isn’t present, giving you the option to disable it. This is to prevent it from being used to track people without permission.
How to Disable an Unknown AirTag Found Moving With You to Prevent Being Tracked
Apple's new AirTag item tracker lets you easily track things like your keys, wallet, purse, backpack, luggage, and more. AirTags have a small,...
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I'll use one on my husband when /if we can ever go back to a crowded place ! Great idea😂
Nothing compared to if I use "Hey Siri, find my husband" 😂
That's literally the definition of "losing stuff"I guess you meant you never permanently lose stuff
My issue is that when I misplace something occasionally, it's never the same thing and often it's something that an Air Tag wouldn't be practical to keep on (e.g. sunglasses).
I guess you meant you never permanently lose stuff 
Yep. This is a waste of money for most. One more thing to manage and set up for people that can’t keep track of their stuff. Lol. Then the batteries go dead.
Aren't most things a "waste of money for most"? We live in a very heavily commercialized world. We still have choices though. I'm buying these but I'm all for you not buying them too. There are literally thousands upon thousands of Apple products I do not own. We don't have to buy them all. We don't have to buy any of them.
Good news - you can replace the batteries.
I'll share a use case that actually happened to me. Last month I flew to Detroit for a funeral with my wife and mother. My mother broke her hip back in December, so we requested wheel chair service for her. In addition I bruised my Achilles tendon two days before and had a pretty decent limp.
Needless to say, we were moving through the airports pretty slowly. So slow in fact that by the time we got to baggage claim in Detroit they had taken our bags off the conveyer and into the baggage office. Once we figured out where that was, our bags were somewhere among the literal 100+ bags in that tiny office, and the attendant was absolutely useless. Precision finding would have been absolutely perfect in this scenario. Even being able to activate a sound would have been helpful. In other words, AirTags would have been perfect.
I think this example is a great illustration. Yeah, I don't tend to lose things myself. That doesn't always mean my things don't get lost/misplaced.
Needless to say, we were moving through the airports pretty slowly. So slow in fact that by the time we got to baggage claim in Detroit they had taken our bags off the conveyer and into the baggage office. Once we figured out where that was, our bags were somewhere among the literal 100+ bags in that tiny office, and the attendant was absolutely useless. Precision finding would have been absolutely perfect in this scenario. Even being able to activate a sound would have been helpful. In other words, AirTags would have been perfect.
I think this example is a great illustration. Yeah, I don't tend to lose things myself. That doesn't always mean my things don't get lost/misplaced.
only lost Nokia 6500 way back 2008, slide off on my pocket while in a taxi other than that i don’t recall any important stuff stolen or forgotten somewhere or left behind, i don’t see immediate use case for the airtag in my life, but i still ordered 1, will end up with my home keys and because i just want to have one 😊
I bought a 4-pack - one to give to a family member for their bag, another to attach to my AppleTV remote, and two for ???? I might return them once I start seeing how they work for people in the real world, might not pair them immediately. I've conquered misplacing my keys (always return them to the same spot)... and otherwise don't have things to misplace.
I have this exact same sentiment and question which leads me to not needing this product. I never got hyped through the 2 years of this rumored product.
More so, I have been astounded as to one AirTag being priced at $29 as "cheap". But I guess I feel this way because I have no use for the product.
A while ago I had some tags - TrackR. Replaceable battery and they played a tone when separated from you.
They were absolute garbage - never worked. They tried the idea of the crowd sourced find me thing but no one had them in the UK so it was a waste of time. They burned through batteries like crazy.
They did though have a 'zone' where you could set it and when the puck was separated from the phone would beep. I used to attach one to the zipper of my kid's jacket and if he decided to wander away somewhere distracted my phone would alert me. When it worked it was ok.
I am hoping these airtags will be a lot better. BT has evolved as has the network tech too so I am hoping the experience will be a little more interesting.
They were absolute garbage - never worked. They tried the idea of the crowd sourced find me thing but no one had them in the UK so it was a waste of time. They burned through batteries like crazy.
They did though have a 'zone' where you could set it and when the puck was separated from the phone would beep. I used to attach one to the zipper of my kid's jacket and if he decided to wander away somewhere distracted my phone would alert me. When it worked it was ok.
I am hoping these airtags will be a lot better. BT has evolved as has the network tech too so I am hoping the experience will be a little more interesting.
Apparently not for MOST. All you need to see this is look what people put in their carts in Costco. I just can't believe the things people buy that has me thinking, " that's really something you just have to have?" All sorts of junk. S
I also don't lose stuff... Or at least I thought I didn't until about a month ago.
Went out on a dog walk, came home to find my house keys had slipped out of a pocket and got lost somewhere.
Two hours of searching the route I took and no luck in finding them and then £100 for an emergency locksmith to get me back in the house.
I purchased a 4 pack of airtags to put on mine and the wife's keys. If I lose my keys again a £99 purchase isn't so bad.
Went out on a dog walk, came home to find my house keys had slipped out of a pocket and got lost somewhere.
Two hours of searching the route I took and no luck in finding them and then £100 for an emergency locksmith to get me back in the house.
I purchased a 4 pack of airtags to put on mine and the wife's keys. If I lose my keys again a £99 purchase isn't so bad.
I have seen lots of posts from people who proudly say that they never lose things, so have no need for airtags.
The thing is, having not lost things in the past is no guarantee that you won't in the future. Yes, it does demonstrate that you are perhaps more careful (or lucky) than others, but we are all human.
Every day I'm sure there are many people who lose something valuable, and the fact that they have never done so before is not much consolation.
At the price, if you do carry things around which would be a problem or expensive to replace then I see no harm in sticking one of these on it for added reassurance, regardless of whether you have never lost things in the past.
I have never lost a bag in my fairly lengthy adult life, but am still going to put one in my bag, just in case.
The thing is, having not lost things in the past is no guarantee that you won't in the future. Yes, it does demonstrate that you are perhaps more careful (or lucky) than others, but we are all human.
Every day I'm sure there are many people who lose something valuable, and the fact that they have never done so before is not much consolation.
At the price, if you do carry things around which would be a problem or expensive to replace then I see no harm in sticking one of these on it for added reassurance, regardless of whether you have never lost things in the past.
I have never lost a bag in my fairly lengthy adult life, but am still going to put one in my bag, just in case.
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Things that typically get lost in my house are the remotes and my kids water bottles. Once I can find a secure way to attach the airtags to their water bottles I’ll be putting them on there. I’m putting them on the bag I take to work for security purposes. I carry a lot of tech in there. Sometimes my kids take my purse out of my bag and then I’m looking for it. So I’m gonna attach it to my keys which stay in my purse.
It's very easy to leave your stuff in a shopping cart/in the booth of a restaurant, leave work without picking up your wallet you left in your office, leave behind stuff in a hotel drawer, and because there's like three doors in a person's house keys can get left on a coffee table, kitchen counter, bedroom, whatever. Of course stuff also can fall out of ones pockets too as said above.
It's worse when it's like a holiday weekend and you don't notice your wallet has been missing until Sunday night. Then you don't even remember what you were doing on the Thursday anymore or even if you had it on Friday still.
I'm not buying one either, because I know I'm not going to replace the battery in a years time, but I'm all for people saving the 30+ minutes they're otherwise going crazy looking for stuff, who are then stressing out to get wherever on time.
It's worse when it's like a holiday weekend and you don't notice your wallet has been missing until Sunday night. Then you don't even remember what you were doing on the Thursday anymore or even if you had it on Friday still.
I'm not buying one either, because I know I'm not going to replace the battery in a years time, but I'm all for people saving the 30+ minutes they're otherwise going crazy looking for stuff, who are then stressing out to get wherever on time.