Apple AirTag review: Pros and Cons
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The AirTag’s super easy setup and Precision Finding feature make it one of the best product and key finders around.
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What do you think about the Apple AirTag? Let us know in the comments below!
The background music is super annoying
But you didn’t discussed how far you can tracked the tag? For example a mile or over a mile? Can you still tracked the tag?
I’m using it for our son going to Disney world! We bought an after market watch insert
I’m hoping to buy these for Burning Man for me & my friend to place them on our bikes, our camp, & on our body accessories. Will 2 iPhones work on 1 AirTag?
I got myself one at release and although it’s not perfect, still worth the small price since all my stuff is apple.. the cohesion in Find My is great. One issue, and it may be my iPhone.. it’s an 11, the first to have a U1 chip. But it’s horrible at finding the AirTag until I’m within like 5’ of it which is weird. In find my app it will always be within 20 yards of where it actually is. That’s not fantastic but it’s a start.. if I leave my backpack somewhere I know where because it’s pretty easy to narrow down and remember the spot I was at.
When I tap play sound though, instant. So that is a plus cause that makes it very easy to find when you start getting close. I got the cheapo Belkin keyring holder and it’s actually been great.. felt weird spending $15 on that but glad I did cause it’s held up and looks new still even though the AirTag is all scratched up inside it.
One of these with a Belkin holder is gonna be about $50 shipped direct from apple but it’s so versatile. For instance, i unpaired and put on my grandmas iCloud before she flew cross country and I put it in a zippered pocket in her checked bag. She was really happy to be able to see where it was at all times. I paid $30 for it two years ago and it’s been great. Bought a cheap pack of ten batteries and have only replaced twice now. Solid product/good investment 👌👍
I was skeptical and did a lot of research about this device until I bought it today to test. I told my sister to put it in her pocket when she leaves home. Sure enough she left with it, 15 min later, it showed me she was at her home. Then I see that it pings every 2-5 min of location. This thing is going to work wonders for me. If you guys don’t believe, go watch where the guy decides to ship one to Apple HQ, another one to SpaceX HQ and the 3rd one to North Korea. So interesting.
MegaLag 👍
Wow !! I want one !!
Quick and simple; that’s how I like my videos.
I think video is missing a key feature. Unlike all these other trackers that require you to download an app and others as well to get the most out of it. The airtag doesn’t. When it comes in contact other iPhones it gives a location to you. That’s a far more reliable to me.
@Bubbly Latina as long as another iPhone is in the area and airbag is within 33 feet. It will send a geographical location to that iPhone and then send it to your phone.
@@N3CR0LICH hey i have a question . Hopefully you answer lol . So my boyfriend has my AirTag location (I gave it to him for safety reasons)
Does it give him a notification every time I move around with it ? Or he only sees my updated location if he goes on the Find My app?
Btw I haven’t seen him in weeks , so does he still have my location?
I don't think you need to download an app with the samsung smart tracker. The software is built into another app on Samsung phones.
would have been nice to hear you talk about weather exposure, UV rays, and cold temperatures.
Would be better if like Tile, it had a small button on the tag that you could find your phone with if you only have the AirTag and have misplaced your phone.
The air tag would have to be bigger
Will this work if you put this on your car in case it will get car napped or in your pet in case your pet got lost???
Any thoughts what the accelerometer is for or possible future uses?
To detect a crash or collision like life 360, or a package getting dropped.
I only have an IPhone XS, can I use the AirTag ? Or it needs an IPhone 11 or 12?
Will this notify the user when the AirTag is x number of feet away from the iPhone?
Does the air tags need to be charged ??? Thank you
Can you use the on pets when they get out the yard
Can this been track across the world?
No precision finding on XS equals a pass for me. Find my is so bad in general too
If your far away can You still connect to the AirTag like if your 6 miles away was wanting to put it in my car so that way if my car gets stolen I’ll know here it is
Can you disable the beeping in scenarios where an item was stolen and you don’t want the person that stole it to detect it?
Yeah but it’s a DIY job. You just remove the speaker. It’s pretty easy. Plenty of vids about how to.
Does it work apple11
Can it work with a Samsung galaxy phone?
Would be great if I have the option to share the air tag location with family members, at this moment is not possible. for that reason the air tag does not work for me, waste of money
2:12 Thats weird way to use that loop... That part where the tag is should go thru that hole...
How far is the range for another iPhone to ping it?
It’s terrible 2 years later
Does this work for tracking your pets? I paid a fortune for Jiobit trackers for my cats. It would have been much cheaper to use these if so.
I’ve seen a few people create custom collars that fit the airtags and they seem to be quite good for tracking pets as well
No they’re garbage. If your pet runs away somewhere that isn’t right next to an iPhone (very likely) it’s completely worthless.
Uhhh so you can only use them in the house??
Is it per month or one time charge?
How if the thief remove the air tag? How air tag can locate e.g airpods
would this work to put in my car to track it if it is stolen? can i pull up a map to locate? if so, this is a lot cheaper than installing a lojack system and i'll buy it today. crime in my city is thru the roof and this would be awesome to find car quickly.
Same question
Yes it will work perfectly for that . The air tag location is updated whenever it passes any iPhone . And considering there is over a billion iPhones there will be great coverage
Lojack is still better as it alerts any passing police vehicles in real time. Cars with lojack get recovered all the time. If you can only afford this though it’s way better than nothing
Same someone stole my catalytic converter glad they didn’t take the whole car lol
I recently put this in my car(after recovering it from being stolen). I just open up the maps app and I can see the car last pinged location. it’s much more affordable than a real gps, but something like lojack is probably better.
I hear that unless you take out the speaker in the AirTag, it will eventually alert the person whole steals your car…
So what if you lose your iPhone though?
How long the battery last?
And which iPhone model it works?
The battery lasts for about a year before you have to replace it and it works with IOS 14.5 or above
@@thewok7341 hey i have a question . Hopefully you answer lol . So my boyfriend has my AirTag location (I gave it to him for safety reasons)
Does it give him a notification every time I move around with it ? Or he only sees my updated location if he goes on the Find My app?
Btw I haven’t seen him in weeks , so does he still have my location?
Why does mine allow directions and takes me to maps instead of “find” and the arrows like in this video ? :o
The arrows feature is only available on iPhone 11 or above. May I know which phone you have? I think it’s because you may have a phone that is below iPhone 11 and it takes you to the map to show its last location.
The Air Tag would be improved by providing some sort of attachment loop loke the others, rather than going for the slick “white M&M” design.
Do you need an apple phone?? Or u can get the app on any kind of phone? 🤔
Tell me you didn't watch the video without telling me you didn't watch the video.
Question so if I wanted to hide this in my car to track just incase it was stolen will it work? Is it possible
“I’m totally not trying to track my girlfriend guys I’m not a psycho” ok weirdo
@@thesaucyprophesy2939 wtf was that weird comment for if your talking about yourself I understand weirdo
Can it be tracked on heavy equipment or boat?
i got A question.when i pair my airtag and hen I go to the Find My app I got 1 different Option, I got the Play Sound and next to it is Directions with you, Its suppose to be Find, why is that? can someone help me? when i click it , it goes to google maps
you mean goes Apple Maps !
first ....while your airbags with you .......when you have big house try another room
and don't forget you need iPhone 11 or 12 for direction shows up!
@@firstsoldier4257 fix it, someone help me, and yeah i got a 12 pro max.
@@Gerard1321 you need to allow Find My app to use your location in settings
Of course it’s not “compatible” with android phones. Very little that apple creates is cross compatible for good reason. However, if you have an android phone and you find an airtag you can NFC the tag and get the contact info from it.
@@joeltheguy noone said anything about android phones
Did it just make a kim possible noise??
Can you use them to remind you if you leave your bag or keys behind ? For example if you forgot to take your bag and are walking away from it. Or if your keys fell out of your pocket and you didnt notice. Thanks
Great question, but no. They do not have geofencing with that ability and I wish they did.
Also, you can’t share them with you family. Example; your partner has an Airtag on their keys, you can’t see that Airtag, only your partner can see the Airtag on their keys.
Yess in ios 15
The orbit thing has just that. When you leave the range you set it goes off.
I need a device to track my boat(36') when I lose it during hurricane season, about 100miles.
How to I opt out my cell phone be use to transmit other people airtags location?
You can't but no information about you is being taken
You have to flip the AirTag to the white side up for it to be louder
How far u can find it
world wide......
when you lost your airtags
another iPhones help where is your airtags
not exact position ...but near
for example....you lost your keys
in another street same city iwhen another Phones comes near your airbags they send to apple network while you check you lost them
when you go that street
you can check your map....and you can see where is
when you have iPhone 11 or 12 you can search 20 meters with bluetooth !
Whats the detection range ? The most important part.
As long as there are Apple devices (other individuals) within proximity of your tag it will continuously track.
Detection range = 33 feet
Is it gps or bluetooth??
@@Gk_516 blue tooth thats why its 30 ft I heard it works great as long as you’re not trying to track something out in the country where they all got clamshell phones.
So it works for tracking in another state?
Do they work on iPhone se2020
Iphone SE does not have precision finding or the U1 chio that will enable ultrawide precision finding. Only people with iphone 11 or above have that luxury.
If someone stole my luggage what transmitting technology does it use to track my stolen luggage, Bluetooth, WiFi, cellular?
Staking at a hole new level. Thanks APPLE.
Not true at all, if you watched the video you would see It notifies phones if an AirTag travels with you that’s not yours, it allows you to ping it and gives you instructions on how to disable it
Can it find if is 10 kilometers
Most likely. If your AirTag is within distance of another person's iOS device, then it will tell you its location.
first when a android telefon can find when the phone NFC on and near they can see my phone number
second how can android phones use apples NETWORK BUDDY ?
How will this work without the U1 Chip ? I have the SE
You would get only Bluetooth finding in that case and not Precision Finding
@@markspoonauer5360 I just got one today and like it so far and using SE 2. No it won't use the advanced features, but wanted to try out one of these. I have a few tiles that aren't working and had $100 gift card to use and got this and a cheap key ring adapter as well from Belkin. Setting up was a breeze though.
I should get one for my brain because I’m always losing my mind. 😂
What if you misplace your phone and you need help finding it?
That's what your Apple Watch is for
Use a family member’s phone,or your apple watch
I’ve lost my AirTag & I’ve tracked its location, but it won’t connect to play the sound. It just says “AirTag not reachable”. Not impressed, that’s £30 in wasted in my eyes.
What is the con about them?
Maluco chato pra caralho. Comenta a mesma coisa em TODOS os vídeos sobre o assunto
@s smth But you have no problem and plenty of time to waste copying and pasting your irrelevant, whiny, sniveling comment on a number of comments in random CZcams video's about the subject without even batting an eye, huh? Interesting.
Doesn’t surprise me. I find that a lot of things on the market are design for point of purchase delight mostly, without much afterthought regarding functionality or durability because, once you’ve bought it, they’ve got your $$$ so, who cares after that, right?
so it’s useless for lost dogs stolen bikes ect ?
It’s not aluminum, it’s polished stainless steel.
But how far is the range?
In my tests about same as standard Bluetooth sometimes a bit longer. At least for Precision Finding. Sounding the alert was sometimes a bit longer.
15 metres
At around 30ft it starts showing u an arrow where to go
If it’s just Bluetooth range then I may as well just keep my cheap key finder set that I get from eBay.
Little remote with six colours.
Press = sounds = found.
Not fancy but not a couple of hundred quid either lol (when you combine the individual strap prices).
Its stainless not aluminum
The background music is too loud.
Can you use this for a dog too so I can find my dog again
No
yes you can, if it is close by with any iphone around 30 feet i think, then it will update the data no matter how far the airtag is :)
Did you find your dog and get the tag on him?
Great video but I found the background music a bit too loud and confusing when trying to listen to the content. I had to watch it several times to get anything out of it. Good try though maybe next time
Just as they microchip animals, they should do the same with people and our crushes. 🐭 I want to do it to all my crushes! 😽
You didn’t mention apples mesh network though. That’s the best thing
I'm honestly curious why no one is testing the long distance hive network tracking functionality yet. Leads me to believe it doesn't really work and the hive network functionality isn't really as helpful as they claim. AKA drop an airtag in my purse... purse gets stolen... and nothing.
@@rpottage a potential stalker would just have to clip the speaker wire inside disabling the beep and then could use it on an android user
not sure of what use an airtag is. It is dependent on bluetooth connectivity. As long as it is with me, it will keep updating its location using my apple phone's bluetooth. However, if I leave it somewhere and go away with the objective of tracking my valuable, it won't update its location till it finds Apple bluetooth connectivity in its vicinity. So what is the point? What if no one with a Apple device comes near my valuable object for the whole day? This device is then useless since the location information is not current but from a day before when I left my valuable away. Tracking using airtag is at best on a best effort basis and therefore, it is a limited use device. It can't use bluetooth of android devices. Not just that, if it considers itself to be lost, it can inform another Apple phone user that it is lost. This is completely useless. If someone comes to steal my valuable with an Apple phone, he is provided the information that the valuable contains airtag. what is the point?
All someone has to do is remove the tag. I wouldn’t buy this or any other like it. I want something that’s hidden. Like small enough to fit into a phone case or something
Lol unrealistic wants you have there...battery life and durability would be extremely terrible with ones any smaller. I'd recommend giving them a try.
music too loud
Dog collar?
2022 everybody sticks them in their luggage to reclaim their lost suitcases at the airports.
Getting one for my car, car keys, and wallet
2:32
Does it need to be recharged?
No you replace the batteries each year
Bro they never answer the questions we have
I'm an Android user. Why am I watching a video like this? I'll explain.
I didn't know this thing existed until it was mentioned in a newsletter from a member of my state legislature. Why? Because apparently THESE THINGS ARE BEING USED TO STALK PEOPLE, and the newsletter mentioned an app that people who have Android phones can use to discover if there's one nearby. The app is actually from Apple, so it seems they have now discovered something their R&D department apparently missed - that this thing has uses other than the innocent "Find My Keys" they probably thought of. And it can affect those of us who don't even use iPhones.
(I checked out this app. It doesn't have good reviews so if you're an Android user you might want to look at some other options. There are a few.)
Why the fuck would they make it so that it would alert another iPhone when traveling with it? What’s the point if it’s alerting the thief they are being tracked? Holy terrible.
It’s not meant for what you’re trying to force it to do
@@crackerbarrelkid5517 it’s not for locating things lost or stolen?
@@DiamondLifer lost yes, stolen not so much
had the tile pro they suck
What if you don’t want someone to know an AirTag that is not theirs is traveling with them. Maybe they have kidnapped your kid and you don’t want them to know they are being tracked. Or they stole your golf clubs
Apparently they have a small speaker wire in them that can be snipped from what I understand but I'm just learning so don't take that as gospel. Plus, I don't know that that would neccessarily be helpful for what you are describing but yeah, apparently they can be opened up and modified at least to some extent if you are handy that way when it comes to tech.
Costco brought me here cuz i aint know what the hell it was lol
The music is too loud & distracting
Does this bulk out on your wallet?
So basically if you wanted to put this on your TV or game system inside in case of theft you can’t because it will warn someone That it’s there
no
I’m not sure who wrote the article 14 hour’s ago about no note 21 he needs to be fired. Is he the only person on planet earth that just got the memo Shabana Aria maybe it’s a woman but that’s crazy to report that 14 hour’s ago when the world was aware months ago.
He needs to be fired! Ima sensitive cry baby, every time I don’t like something somebody needs to lose their ability to pay their rent! My name is Cornelius and I get offended by EVERYTHIIIING!! Ahhhh where’s your mask at!!! Ahhhh
@@damon4440 Why would I have a mask in 2019? This is a youtube account not instagram and your 5 months late with the reply you should be fired too. Oh! By the way this was written in a joking manner as was the original comment I’m not an Apple user! Even though I’m writing on an iPad.
@@damon4440 I’ll leave you too it getting sucked in to social media beef isn’t my thing.
Hay my name is also mark hehehe
I brought the AirTag the day they came out 14 months later the battery is dead. Come on Apple
It always said once a year needs to be replaced.
Music is as loud as your voice.
My dude look at the iPods, apple has never been good with aluminum, if it gets the job done who really cares about the back tbh
Music is annoying and distracting 😬
why do I need this? I don't.
Who cares? I don't.
Too much music.
I put one of these on my Motorcycle….the bike was stolen…it let the bike thief know that he was being tracked by pinging his phone - Airtag chucked in the river and my bike never seen again!!! Waste of time!!!!
ThT 100% never happened, you a little story writer
Android support, really ?
I didn't click this video to hear about Samsung.
Annoying loud music
"worth the investment" is a purely subjective statement was only conductive to you making a youtube review video about it. Otherwise it' since you never say you actually lost something and found it because of the Airtag. If I lose something and find it because of the airtag, only then does it become "worth the investment" to everyone else
AIT Is a piece of junk. I have one on my cats collar. I have the best internet speeds and it never reads it. Amazon won’t refund me. They have stopped doing refunds for people who live out in the country.
Find my IPhone
For all the ppl that want buttons like get real