{"id":435099,"date":"2026-01-28T16:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/435099\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:32:10","slug":"a-brief-note-about-one-more-airtag-2-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/435099\/","title":{"rendered":"A brief note about one more AirTag 2 difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/airtag-2-note.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"AirTag 2 musical note\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a long time coming, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/airtag-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AirTag 2<\/a> finally launched this week with improved Precision Finding, a longer Bluetooth range, and a louder speaker. It\u2019s otherwise <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/01\/26\/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-airtag-2-and-the-original-airtag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">almost exactly<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/01\/27\/heres-the-good-news-and-bad-news-on-upgrading-to-the-airtag-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">same as its predecessor<\/a>, but one more difference has been found, and you may want to take note \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Early buyer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Krgn1002\/status\/2016304582968934905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Karagana<\/a> note-iced that the audible alert tone was gone up a note.<\/p>\n<p>The chime has changed from the note \u201cF\u201d to the note \u201cG\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/3045497\/listen-to-the-airtags-remixed-new-chime.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Macworld\u2019s<\/a> David Price confirmed this.<\/p>\n<p>Being away from my piano, I verified this using Virtual Piano.) The rhythm and tempo of the chime remain the same: a little flourish, followed by three sets of seven notes. You can clearly hear the higher pitch in the recording, but the increased power of the speaker is not really discernible<\/p>\n<p>Within this range, most people will find the new note easier to hear than the previous one over a longer distance, although the difference is small.<\/p>\n<p>You can hear the difference for yourself in the video below.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2190 AirTag (1st generation) chime<br \/>\u2192 AirTag (2nd generation) new chime<\/p>\n<p>The chime has changed from the note &#8220;F&#8221; to the note &#8220;G&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u300c\u30d5\u30a1\u300d\u304b\u3089\u300c\u30bd\u300d\u306e\u97f3\u306b\u5909\u308f\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AirTag?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#AirTag<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yheHAC6YJU\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/yheHAC6YJU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karagana\ud83d\udc26 (@Krgn1002) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Krgn1002\/status\/2016304582968934905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768338849_561_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768338849_421_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LroSSb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1035230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769617930_346_750_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a long time coming, but the AirTag 2 finally launched this week with improved Precision Finding,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[166,74],"class_list":["post-435099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gadgets","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}