Apple’s own location tag AirTag is finally available! How can this little thing with UWB ultra-wideband technology change the habit of finding objects?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of use, and what are the matters needing attention? Can it be used to catch cheating?
AirTag’s appearance is as simple as Apple’s products. On one side, it looks like a white whiteboard magnet. When turned on the other side, it is a stainless steel lid that Apple is good at. This small label is engraved on it to support low-power Bluetooth and ultra-wideband. .
Gently twisting the bottom cover will be a self-replaceable CR2032 button battery, which will be reset and disabled after the power is removed.
The volume of AirTag body is a bit thick, and there is no built-in strap hole. If you want to use it directly, it is probably placed in the change compartment of the wallet.
However, it should be noted that many people have found that the surface of AirTag is quite easy to be scratched.
The function of AirTag is very simple, only positioning, but Apple provides several different ways to achieve it.
The most commonly used and most direct thing for everyone is to look at the approximate location of AirTag on the map in the Find My service, just like looking for Apple products such as iPhone and Mac.
This part will provide information in two ways: one is the location of the last connection, because AirTag will always use BLE to communicate with the iPhone, so it will record the location of the disconnection when it is lost.
The second is to use the assistance of other Apple devices. If the lost AirTag happens to enter the Bluetooth range of other iPhones, iPads, and other products, the relevant location will also be sent back to the iCloud server with point-to-point encryption.
If you keep moving when it is scanned by Bluetooth, the position will be updated about every 15 minutes in the actual measurement.
After Apple’s official announcement, many netizens on the Internet were discussing the uses and questions of AirTag, and one of the hottest ones was the use of spouse surveillance. Only then did I know how untrusted men and women there are in the world.
According to Apple’s introduction on the official website, AirTag is designed to prevent unnecessary tracking. It will detect that the user has an AirTag that does not belong to the same iCloud account and issue a reminder.
On the other side, on the support page, it is also mentioned that when AirTag leaves the registered user for a period of time, it will sound when it moves to notify nearby people.
Therefore, if you have very suspicious friends around you, or feel that you are being followed, there is still a way to know.
When you find the suspicious AirTag, you only need to twist the bottom cover and disconnect the power. Of course, you can also ask for help at the same time.
I did a test and found that AirTag will send out such a reminder when I return to some fixed locations, such as work and home.
It will include when AirTag was first discovered, and there will also be an entire route map.
In this way, everyone can guess when and where the AirTag was inserted.
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