Adam Kos Apple has announced several changes designed to improve the use of its AirTag item trackers. The company thus adjusts the time required for AirTags to issue an alert after being disconnected from their owner or their device, but most importantly, AirTags on Android devices will also be fully localizable. It just has a small catch.
As he first stated CNET, so Apple has been rolling out the AirTag firmware update since yesterday. This is done automatically when they are within range of the connected iPhone. A new feature is a change in the notification interval after separating the AirTag from its owner. The latter played the sound only after three days, now it is a random interval from eight to 24 hours.
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However, right after the introduction of AirTags, it was said that the three-day interval is chosen randomly, and that it will be adjusted according to user requests. So now Apple probably has enough information to change it like this. However, it would still be appropriate for the user to choose the given interval according to his own judgment. But it is true that this length can change again at any time, just as a manual selection can come.
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However, CNET reports that Apple is also developing an app for users of Android devices. It should arrive before the end of the year and should be able to alert you to the fact that you are near an unknown AirTag, which it should be able to locate more accurately in some way. It can even handle it not only with AirTags, but also with other accessories connected to the Najít network. With this, Apple wants to protect the privacy of users of a competing platform so that no one can unwittingly track them.
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Unfortunately, this does not mean that you will be able to fully use AirTag on Android devices. You can find it, but you won't be able to pair it with your phone, for example, and therefore not track it exactly. Everything here works on the basis of NFC technology, through which Android owners can already identify AirTag, so the application will allow them to receive proactive notifications. Nothing more.
The news comes after some privacy and potential stalking concerns have been raised in connection with AirTags and the global Find Me network in particular. Tests performed by the magazine The Washington Post in fact, they found that AirTags were actually "frighteningly easy" to track, despite Apple's privacy efforts.
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If you're a regular Android user who doesn't read tech magazines, you might know that an AirTag exists, and that's about it. If you don't suffer from stichomam, the question is, why should you even install an Apple app on your device? Just to be sure, just in case? The whole thing looks a bit like Apple's alibi. However, if the company allowed Android users to fully connect to the Find Network and also allow them to use AirTag to the full extent that users using its products can, it would be a completely different story.
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If the situation were reversed, and Google introduced a similar device, would you install its app on your iPhones? Just so you know there might be one of his localization products near you?
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