{"id":466874,"date":"2026-02-11T00:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466874\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:08:10","slug":"6-ways-we-recommend-using-apple-airtags-and-1-way-we-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466874\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways We Recommend Using Apple AirTags (and 1 Way We Don\u2019t)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, luggage<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t deny that AirTags are great for tracking your luggage<\/a> as you travel. When I asked our staff what they used their AirTags for, this was the most common answer. \u201cI feel physical relief at seeing that my checked luggage is at the same gate as me when I board a plane,\u201d said writer Joshua Lyon. However, if you do use an AirTag this way, be warned that your phone might ding every time you leave the house, telling you that you\u2019ve left your luggage behind. <\/p>\n

Parents and kids on the go<\/p>\n

Parents on our staff chimed in with the different ways they use their AirTags to keep track of their kids and their parenting essentials. <\/p>\n

For parents who rely on a travel stroller, especially when taking flights, using an AirTag can help you figure out where it\u2019s ended up. Using an AirTag on a stroller is especially great \u201cfor international flights, where it might not be waiting for you when you exit the plane,\u201d said Elise Czajkowski, who wrote our guide to travel strollers<\/a>. (On a trip to Frankfurt, her family wasn\u2019t reunited with their stroller until the baggage carousels.) Stroller manufacturers are taking notice: Our upcoming top pick, the Uppababy Minu V3<\/a>, has a pocket designed to hold an AirTag. <\/p>\n

The AirTag pouch on the Uppababy Minu V3 travel stroller is hidden once you close the snaps. \u00a0Elise Czajkowski\/NYT Wirecutter<\/p>\n

An AirTag is also good for instances where lots of similar strollers are left in the same area, such as in a park, as you can use it to confirm that you\u2019re taking the right one home \u2014 or to figure out where yours is after an accidental swap. <\/p>\n

Other parents keep AirTags in their children\u2019s backpacks or sports gear to help keep track of their kids\u2019 stuff (and their kids) at parks, summer camps, sporting events, on the way home from school, and more.<\/p>\n

Can\u2019t-leave-the-house-without essentials <\/p>\n

Before walking out the door each day, you might find yourself tapping your pockets while whispering \u201cwallet, phone, keys.\u201d Plenty of our staffers rely on their AirTags to keep track of their wallet, keys, and bags, using their phones to locate these items when they can\u2019t find them. <\/p>\n

Editor Jennifer Sullivan recently discovered, thanks to her AirTag, that she had accidentally thrown her keys into the recycling bin; it saved her hours of continued searching. Jenn had actually once toured the recycling facility<\/a> <\/a>where her keys ended up, which meant she knew what the place looked like inside. \u201cI know it would be completely useless to attempt to find them there,\u201d Jenn said. \u201cInstead, I just bought a new AirTag, AirTag keychain, and replaced all my keys.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Two Left: Jenn\u2019s AirTags provide her with live updates. Jennifer Sullivan\/NYT Wirecutter Right: Checking her Find My app, she discovered that her keys had made it all the way to the recycling plant. \u00a0Jennifer Sullivan\/NYT WirecutterYour on-trend winter coat<\/p>\n

When it\u2019s bitterly cold out, a mound of winter coats at a party is to be expected. However, unless you have a unique coat, yours might be hard to find in that pile. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy teenage daughter and all her friends live in a fashion monoculture, and they all wear the same exact big black North Face puffer,\u201d said editor Rory Evans. \u201cYou\u2019ll never guess what happens \u2014 the jackets get taken home by someone else, either accidentally or on purpose.\u201d <\/p>\n

Now, her daughter tucks an AirTag in an interior pocket so she can track her jacket. <\/p>\n

The ever-elusive TV remote<\/p>\n

Frequently lost to couch cushions and tossed about the living room, a TV remote is the ideal candidate for an AirTag, though attaching one to a remote is a challenge. With a little creativity, and a Wirecutter-pick 3D printer<\/a>, writer Kaitlin Mahar and her partner printed a holder that could fit both their Chromecast remote and the airtag. <\/p>\n

\"A Kaitlin 3D-printed a sleeve that fits on her TV remote and has a slot at the bottom for an AirTag. \u00a0Kaitlin Mahar\/NYT WirecutterA two-wheeled ride <\/p>\n

Bicycles aren\u2019t cheap, and having one stolen can be devastating. Several of our staffers attach an AirTag to their bike to keep track of it. <\/p>\n

You can keep one stashed under the saddle of your mountain bike, like outdoors editor Christine Ryan does. She also uses one with the travel bag for her bike, when she\u2019s taking it on a trip. In our guide to gifts for cyclists<\/a>, we recommend the Raptic Link + Lock<\/a>, a carabiner-style lock that can hold an AirTag, which gifts writer Samantha Schoech uses for her electric bike. <\/p>\n

And the AirTag has proven to be a worthy companion for editor Jon Chase in tracking and recovering his stolen ebike. \u201cLate one night, I found my trusty cargo ebike had been nabbed from a bike stand \u2014 it\u2019s our family truckster, so this was devastating,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I had backup \u2014 an AirTag secured in a stick-on container mounted under the rear rack.\u201d Since his phone was dead, he asked his wife to use Apple\u2019s Find My app to quickly locate the bike a few blocks away, locked to another bike stand. With a multi-tool and a little elbow grease, he sawed a tiny bit of the bike\u2019s metal basket, and his bike was free.<\/p>\n