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Which iPhones and OSes Work With AirTags? Compatible iPhones and iPads can use the Find My app to identify the approximate location of a missing, AirTag-equipped item. However, in order to track an AirTag, you must be running iOS 14.5 or above on your iPhone or iPadOS 14.5+ on your tablet. (That update is compatible with iPhone 6s and up, including the first- and second-gen iPhone SE, and most iPads). Update by going to Settings > General > Software Update. However, in order to use Precision F...

Apple AirTag can be hacked to dupe strangers but the process is complex News Image: Apple No other tech company is as focused on offering high standards of privacy as Apple. With the recent kick-in-the-stomach move on Facebook’s ad model, you might assume that Apple products are built to the highest standards of security and thereby, are un-hackable. A German security researcher has proven otherwise as he managed to hack the AirTag – Apple’s latest product to help people track their b...

Top Stories: Epic Games vs. Apple, Hidden AirTag Mode, Apple Music Hi-Fi, Colorful MacBook Air? Saturday May 8, 2021 6:00 am PDT by MacRumors Staff While we wait for the newly introduced iMac, iPad Pro, and Apple TV models to launch later this month, this week saw the kickoff of the big Epic Games v. Apple trial, with lots of juicy tidbits coming out as the two sides make their arguments. This week also saw some rumors about a Hi-Fi tier for Apple Music, more biometric sensing capabilities for ...

What you need to know New tests have revealed the power of Apples AirTag, and how easy it is for other users to reunite you with one if lost. TechRadar tested both an AirTag and a Tile Mate to see which one would be discovered first. The AirTag was found in just 30 minutes, whilst Tiles tracker took 12 hours. New tests from our friends at TechRadar have revealed just how easy it is for Apple users to discover lost AirTags and reunite them with their owner. In a report, TechRadar tested both A...

05.06.2021 21:May PM EDT Apple AirTag Wallet Size: How to Properly Break Down Item Tracker and Make Your Own Apple AirTag Card More recently, the internet is seeing reports and teardown results showing the Apple AirTag inner mechanisms. Photo : Đức Trịnh/Unsplash The AirTags are now selling out in most Apple stores. In these last few weeks, users have reviewed, tested, and analyzed the effectiveness of this small tracking device. More recently, though, the internet is seeing reports and...

Apple AirTag: What wont it find? Brett Molina, USA TODAY © Apple From left: The back and front of Apples AirTag. When youre a parent, its easy to lose things: your keys, your wallet, or Buttons. The Buttons in this case doesnt refer to fasteners for our clothes, but a stuffed bunny thats become a treasure in my household. On occasion, bedtimes have been postponed because Buttons is missing, requiring a family manhunt (or bunnyhunt) so we can focus on getting some sleep. So, c...

Airtags from Apple: Do they actually make life easier? Brett Molina, USA TODAY © Apple From left: The back and front of Apples AirTag. When youre a parent, its easy to lose things: your keys, your wallet, or Buttons. The Buttons in this case doesnt refer to fasteners for our clothes, but a stuffed bunny thats become a treasure in my household. On occasion, bedtimes have been postponed because Buttons is missing, requiring a family manhunt (or bunnyhunt) so we can focus on get...

May 6, 2021 13:13 EDT A user showed frustration with Apples AirTag and discovered a hidden developer mode in the Precision Finding interface. The entire operation is present inside the Find My app used to locate lost belongings. If you are interested in trying it out for yourself, scroll down to see how to enable the hidden developer mode in Find My apps Precision Finding interface. AirTag Has a Hidden Developer Mode in Precision Finding - How to Enable it and What Does it Do? Apples Preci...

Posted by Sanuj Bhatia on May 06, 2021 in AirTags, News Apple’s AirTag has a hidden developer mode. A Redditor accidentally enabled the developer mode on his AirTag while connecting it to his iPhone, and now can not get out of it. Apple announced the AirTag last month, and the first orders have already made it to customers. While some are sending AirTag in a package to check its ‘Lost’ mode’s capabilities, Reddit user u/cyem was having difficulty in connecting his new AirTag to his iPho...

Chris Davies - May 6, 2021, 11:53am CDT Apple’s AirTags may be designed to make hunting things easier, but there’s a secret debug menu in the Find My app which unlocks extra details about the location trackers. Launched last month, each AirTag has both Bluetooth and Ultra Wideband to pinpoint it not only in terms of distance from your iPhone, but the direction in which it’s located. It’s within that interface – which Apple calls Precision Finding – where a myster...