Apple introduces AirTag - Apple

4    20 Apr 2021 17:27 by u/None

7 comments

4 u/joshua 20 Apr 2021 18:07
"Big tech scary" aside, this is actually pretty cool. I'd love to be able to drop tags like this on my important stuff. Would have come in handy when my bike got stolen off the rack a few years ago.
1 u/None [OP] 20 Apr 2021 17:28
I'm sold for the 4-pack. Just today morning I had groceries delivered and I could not find my wallet despite using it yesterday. A tag would have come useful.
1 u/FinesseAdept 20 Apr 2021 17:52
Finally. Was getting a little tired of the constant rumors and "leaks".
1 u/1ethanhansen 20 Apr 2021 18:13
Hasn't tile been doing this for years? What's new?
3 u/joshua 20 Apr 2021 18:20
I think the fact that any iPhone can be used as a connection point makes this really valuable, considering there are so many iPhones out there. Tile is valuable only when you are around other people who use Tile, this is valuable around anyone with an iPhone. That's a massive range. I could be wrong, though. I don't know a lot about either of these pieces of tech.
1 u/1ethanhansen 20 Apr 2021 19:50
Yeah okay this is fair. Lots of iPhones makes this pretty powerful
3 u/None [OP] 20 Apr 2021 18:32
Apple claims higher precision tracking (an iPhone app should be able to navigate you to the tag), close integration in Apple's ecosystem and as @joshua writes any iDevice is supposed to be able to pick up your lost tag and Apple seems to try to make contacting the owner easier. As long as the price is competitive I'm getting Apple tags instead of Tiles.