If you have iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or the macOS 14 Sonoma public beta installed, you’re already getting a preview of the highly requested AirTag feature, which will be available to everyone later this year. Masu. This is the ability to share access to AirTags or other Apple licensed products. Find my items with others.
Introduced in early 2021, the AirTag is a small device with a long-life lithium-ion battery that has one purpose: to help. It broadcasts an encrypted Bluetooth signal that changes periodically, and people’s iPhones, iPads, and Macs relay it to Apple. Privacy-protected tracking. Apple licensed the technology to other companies and released a competing tracker a few months after AirTag, along with many other types of hardware and embedded technologies. (The tracking network is completely controlled by Apple, so no third party can access the item’s location.) He can track AirTags and other items with “Find My” on iOS, iPadOS, or macOS.
However, “Find Items” has always had significant limitations. Only you can see where your items are. Beta versions are installed and things change with new operating system product releases. You will now see a “Share this His AirTag/Item” option on the item’s action sheet in the Find My app on all platforms.
Item sharing brings together the items you use and monitor, such as AirTags in your car, Find My items on your bike (like the Knog Scout), trackers on your child’s backpack or luggage that your family checks. Very useful in case. Flight. When you share an item, everyone you share it with can see its location at any time. To stop it from appearing, you must remove it from the share. (See 14 uses for AirTag).
Sharing an AirTag on iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS begins with a tap or click to publish.
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Please note that sharing an AirTag or sharing an AirTag does not intersect with issues regarding unwanted tracking. Apple partially addresses this issue through audible alerts and notifications on nearby iPhones and iPads that can be triggered by a variety of causes. To dismiss or prevent these alerts from occurring, you must accept the invitation. Additionally, shared items always appear in the Find My app. (Someone would need access to your unlocked iPhone or iPad to add the item without your knowledge, but you can still see it in the Find My app.)
Tap or click to share your AirTag or Find My item add person, you can invite up to 5 people. These users don’t need to be in the Family Sharing group. This differs from Find My’s support for devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, and audio hardware), which only shows hardware for members of your Family Sharing group, and only if that user consents. . generally share their location information with you.
(If you’re concerned about AirTags, read how to find, block, and disable unknown AirTags on the go)
How to share AirTags or items
- Time to complete: 5 minutes
Tools needed: AirTags or other trackable devices that work with the “Find My” app Materials required: iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS Sonoma
Find Me: Items
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On iOS 17 (pictured above) or iPadOS 17, item Click the button to select the item. For macOS, item Click the button to select the item, then click the information (i) icon next to the item name on the map.
add person
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tap/click add person Under “Share this AirTag/Item”
Before continuing…
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Read and tap/click Apple’s warnings and disclosures about sharing Continue.or tap/click not now If you change your mind,
Select a contact
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A list of contacts will be displayed. Find and select the contact you want. The contact will be displayed in the top (To) field. If your contacts aren’t using iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS Sonoma, you’ll see a warning that your contacts aren’t eligible for sharing.
tap/click share When you select a contact.
accept invitation
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The contact will appear as pending on your device until you accept the invitation. Again, you must be running iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS Sonoma to accept the invitation.
To accept the invitation, tap or click the notification or open the Find My app.tap/click additionread Apple’s disclosure, then tap or click. addition Also.
If at least one person accepts the invitation, the item will appear under (Shared with me) in the (Items) view of the Find app, and under (Shared with me) in their shares. Masu.
The person you’re sharing with can play sound on your device if you’re within range, find your device using Ultra Wideband (UWB) precision search on iPhone 11 or later, or use AirTags if you’re nearby. ), get directions to your device, and more. Only the owner can mark it as lost, remove it from their account (that is, unpair it from their iPhone or iPad), and receive notifications when it’s lost or found.
If you don’t want to share the item, return to the item’s action sheet and tap or click the person’s name. Then tap or click (Remove user) (revoke the invitation if the user doesn’t accept). If you’re viewing a shared item, you can tap (Delete) on the action sheet to stop receiving that shared information.
Learn more about AirTags here.
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Price at time of review:
1 pack $29 | 4 packs $99
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