Apple’s new AirTag has more range and a better speaker

Apple has revealed a new AirTag that comes pinch the company’s upgraded ultra wideband chip, allowing for much precise location tracking. It has the aforesaid $29 for 1 aliases $99 for a four-pack value arsenic the AirTag it’s replacing, while the caller spot powers Apple’s Precision Finding feature, which uses haptic, visual, and audio feedback to guideline you to items from up to “50 percent farther away.”

Along pinch much meticulous location tracking, the caller AirTag has an updated speaker that Apple says is 50 percent louder, arsenic good arsenic a Bluetooth spot that “expands the scope astatine which items tin beryllium located. You tin besides usage the Precision Finding characteristic pinch an Apple Watch Series 9 aliases later, aliases Apple Watch Ultra 2 aliases later, pinch watchOS 26.2.1.

The caller AirTag is compatible pinch each existing accessories. Apple notes that the AirTag “doesn’t physically shop location information aliases history connected device,” while end-to-end encryption secures connection pinch its Find My network. It adds that the AirTag besides includes measures to protect against unwanted tracking, “including cross-platform alerts and unsocial Bluetooth identifiers that alteration frequently.” Apple partnered pinch Google successful 2023 connected an manufacture modular designed to thief limit AirTag tracking.