Follow the on-screen prompts to find the AirTag, or
Press
Play Sound
If you see that the AirTag is a hundred miles away and you re never going to get it back, you can do the above and then swipe up for more options. Under
Lost Mode, tap
Enable.
Doing that initially gets you another information screen, which reassures you that nobody but you can pair with this particular AirTag. It also says you will be notified when the location is found.
And it also lets you set up what happens when someone else finds your AirTag. You can enter a phone number and a message that will be displayed when they do.
AirTag vs. Tile Buyer s Guide
Thursday April 29, 2021 1:58 AM PDT by Hartley Charlton
AirTag is Apple s newest product line, a small round disc used to track items using the Find My app. Yet Apple is not the first to offer item trackers of this kind. Tile has been making Bluetooth item trackers for almost a decade and is now AirTag s main competitor.
As the two leading item trackers share a number of key features, it may not be immediately obvious which is better for your personal use case. Our guide answers the question of how to decide whether AirTag or Tile is best for you.
After an excruciatingly long wait, the AirTags are finally here. The Apple-branded object tracker, to no one’s surprise, is rooted deeply in the company’s ecosystem of products and services. From the get go, you need an Apple phone for the AirTag to work, and to access its most advanced feature, you must have the latest or a fairly new iPhone. But the Apple object tracker relies on Bluetooth, which is not an ecosystem-exclusive perk, right? So, you surely must be wondering:
Can you use the AirTags with Android?
Well, the answer is both yes and no. Confusing, isn’t it? Well, let me break it down for you. For the core job of tracking down lost items, an Apple device such as an iPhone or iPad is mandatory. An Android device will only work with the AirTag in an emergency scenario.
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