AirTag – Does the Apple locator make bearded wings worried?

What is AirTag?

AirTag is a “tiny” locator used to attach important items such as keys, wallets, etc. to easily find them when accidentally lost. Simply attach a device that you forget or lose easily, and AirTag will help you locate your items through the Find My app. Here, you can also keep track of all the Apple devices you own.

How does AirTag work?

Apple’s Airtags have an integrated Apple U1 chip that can be connected to iPhones, iPads, and Macbooks. With this, you can track the location of your Apple AirTag accessory the same way you would find a lost Apple device.

Usage is quite simple, based on the code included in iOS 13. When you lose an item with a tracking accessory, there will be a notification on your iPhone. You then need to tap a button in the Find My app for the Airtag to make a sound, thereby locating the lost item.

Thanks to the Bluetooth connection, the Air tag will work quite a distance. When any Apple device near your lost appears, the location information of the lost item will appear on your device.

Apple has raised the accuracy of Apple AirTag far higher than similar devices on the market thanks to Ultra-wideband technology. Thanks to this technology, you can determine the exact position to the centimeter.

What’s special about AirTag?

If you leave your things in public places like the beach or the gym, Find My’s network connects hundreds of millions of iPhones, iPads, and Macs around the world to help you. AirTag tracking. Note that during the scanning process to find your AirTag, all personal information is kept optimally secure.

Your travel history and personal information is completely protected by AirTag. All your location data and travel history will not be saved on AirTag. Devices that accidentally catch bluetooth signals sent from AirTag will quietly encrypt location data and send it to the system.

Therefore, not only is the owner of that device unaware that he or she has accidentally located an AirTag, but Apple itself is unaware of this. The whole process is confidential, secure and only you know.

How much does AirTag cost?

Apple’s AirTag locator has been brought to Vietnam by many portable stores from May 5 for about 900,000 VND, while genuine goods will only be available in June. With a price of 800 – 900 thousand VND, the “portable” AirTag is about 100,000 VND higher than the genuine product, but 2-3 times more expensive than Samsung’s Galaxy Tag.