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Two 'airtag' stories April 2021

Here’s how Apple AirTags work with Android phones [Video]

Ben Schoon Apr 22 2021 - 7:12 am PT

Following in the footsteps of Tile and Samsung’s new Galaxy Tag, Apple unveiled its AirTag tracker this week for keeping track of your keys, wallet, or whatever else you want to attach the $29 device to. You’d be correct in assuming these are designed to work with iPhones, but Apple did include the tiniest bit of functionality for AirTags with Android.

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Lost AirTag can be read by any other NFC-enabled iPhone or Android device

from 9to5Mac Apr 20 2021 - 7:56 pm PT

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After numerous rumors, Apple finally introduced AirTag during today’s special event. Apple’s item tracker works based on the ultra-wideband U1 chip and relies on the Find My network to work even offline. However, an interesting detail that wasn’t mentioned during the keynote is that even Android users can identify an AirTag in Lost Mode.

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