Lost keys, misplaced wallets, luggage that vanishes at baggage claim: These daily frustrations cost time, stress and sometimes money when you need replacements. Apple AirTags solve this problem by turning any item into something you can locate instantly through your iPhone. The 4-pack normally sells for $99, but Amazon has it down to $64 right now, working out to just $16 per AirTag compared to $29 when bought individually. This record low price explains why Amazon has been moving these by the thousands for months which makes AirTags one of the top three best-selling tech products on the platform.
AirTags rely on the “Find My” network built by Apple,with access to over hundreds of millions of iPhones, iPads, and Macs in use worldwide. As soon as you put an AirTag on your keys or in your backpack, it is possible to track it with the Find My app on your iPhone. You only need to use the Find My app to play a sound on the AirTag if it’s missing in your home which makes it possible to relocate it using its speaker. You can also use “Hey Siri, find my keys.”
How Precision Finding Works
When it’s time to look for things close by, Precision Finding relies on Ultra Wideband technology (found in the iPhone 11 and later models) to give you a specific distance and course to take to reach your AirTag. You’ll see arrows on the screen guiding you with real-time distance readings so that your iPhone becomes akin to a metal detector for locating your goods in a cluttered room, perhaps with something dropped on the floor beneath piles of furniture or with keys fallen between the cushions on the couch.
Where the power of the service really kicks in is if an item goes missing off the premises of your own home. Since so many Apple devices are linked into the Find My system, any iPhone that happens to pass near where your missing AirTag is located will using anonymous and secure means relay its location back to you. You do not have to be in the vicinity in any way to track down where your item is located. When your backpack happens to get left on the bus with no driver in sight, or perhaps your luggage goes astray on its route from the airport, the location tracking done by the Find My system continues so long as other Apple devices happen to be in range.
Lost mode introduces an additional level of location recovery: When using the Find My app on an AirTag that has been misplaced, an immediate notification is received directly for its detection by the system. Additionally, you can engrave it with a message containing your contact information such that if it is lost, then the concerned item’s location can be obtained by scanning it using an NFC-enabled iPhone or any other cell phone by someone who then gets in touch in return for handing over your item.
Setup is seamless and takes only seconds: You simply take the AirTag from its packaging, peel off the plastic protector to turn on the battery, and then press it against your Apple device. An alert pops up on your screen, which you simply tap to set up the AirTag by naming it according to what item it is that you want to track with it.
AirTags have a CR2032 coin cell battery with an average life span of over a year before it needs replacement. There’s an alert on your iPhone once the battery goes low in power, and changing it requires only 10 seconds. You only need to turn the stainless steel back cover counterclockwise, insert a new battery, and then twist it backclockwise.
The AirTags themselves have an IP67 rating for water-resistance and dust-resistance so they can withstand immersion in water up to one meter deep for 30 minutes.
There’s also a means to share AirTags with up to five other individuals. When your entire family uses the same car keys or the same luggage for traveling, each member can track it with their own device if the item is shared with all five family members.
At $16 for an AirTag in this 4-pack, you’re getting Apple’s tracking system for the best possible price it’s ever offered.