How to use the AirTag


Are you someone who always loses their keys or wallet? Or who is always over-concerned that his bag or suitcase will be stolen? By hanging a tracker on your keys, bag or wallet, you will never lose anything again. One of the best-known trackers is the Tile Pro, but since the arrival of the AirTag you can now also choose a tracker from Apple.

By means of bluetooth, the Find My iPhone app and Ultra Wideband you can find your stuff in no time.

Apple has made it quite easy for you to use the tracker, provided you have an iPhone or iPad that supports the latest version of the operating system, namely iOS or iPadOS version 14.5. This means you can use the AirTag on an iPhone 6S or later.

Ultra Wideband

The AirTag excels mainly thanks to Ultra Wideband, the location technology that you only find on the latest iPhones, namely the iPhone 11, iPhone 12 and the Pro versions of these devices. If you don’t have one of these phones, the functions of the AirTag will be slightly more limited. In this case, your phone cannot make an accurate estimate of the location of the tracker, so you may still have to search for your keys or wallet for quite a while.

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That is how it works

To use the AirTag, grab your iPhone or iPad and pull out the battery strip in the tracker. The tracker then connects directly to your smartphone. Press To connect, give the tracker a name and press Next one. Now the AirTag will want to record the location of your iPhone. You do this using your Apple ID. Now open the Find My app, tap at the bottom of the screen Objects and then on add object.

Now hang the AirTag on your keys, for example. Every time you lose your keys, you can now go to the Find My app and tap Objects and then on AirTag to the option Play sound to activate. Your phone then sends a signal to your AirTag via bluetooth, after which the AirTag makes a sound.

Then it probably won’t be long before you find the AirTag. If you have trouble finding the tracker despite the sound, you can use the Ultra Wideband technology on an iPhone 11 or 12. Don’t press binnen within the Find Me app Play sound, but on Search Nearby. You will then see the exact location of the tracker on your phone’s screen.

Choose Play sound to hear where your tracker is.

If you have really lost the AirTag, you can enable Lost Mode on your phone. If someone then finds the tracker, they can scan it with their own phone. Your contact information will then be shown on his screen and the finder can contact you.

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