US EditionAirTag 2 Launches With Better Range and Louder Speaker
The AirTag 2 extends Bluetooth range by 50% and doubles speaker volume, with 70% market share in late 2024, enhancing lost-item recovery and luggage tracking.
- On Monday, Apple introduced the AirTag 2 with longer Bluetooth range and a louder speaker, available to order on Apple.com today and arriving in Apple Stores later this week.
- After five years, Apple refreshed the AirTag that first launched in 2021, as third-party estimates show nearly 70% of trackers sold in late 2024 were AirTag devices.
- The new AirTag uses a second-generation Ultra Wideband chip and upgraded Bluetooth, enabling locating up to 50% farther and Precision Finding with Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2.
- Share Item Location now lets users temporarily share an AirTag’s location, with SITA reporting a 26 reduction in baggage delays and 90 reduction in unrecoverable luggage cases.
- Pricing stays the same at $29 single and $99 four-pack with free laser engraving; the AirTag keeps its design compatible with older accessories and uses a CR2032 coin-cell battery lasting about one year, while rivals alleged Apple was unfairly competing but Chipolo partnered with Find My.
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Original Airtag drops to lowest price since Black Friday as Apple reveals new 2026 tracker
This week marks the first big Apple release of 2026, as the tech giant dropped the AirTag 2nd generation.This brand-new offering features an expanded finding range and a louder speaker, increasing the user's ability to find their missing items.If you're not chasing the latest piece of tech, but still want to get your hands on an AirTag, then we've got some great news for you.In the wake of the announcement of the new AirTag, the original AirTag …
Apple's new AirTag is 50% louder, works from 50% farther away
Apple released the second-generation AirTag. The new model uses Apple's second-generation Ultra Wideband chip, enabling Precision Finding from up to 50% farther away. An upgraded Bluetooth chip extends detection range even further. The speaker is 50% louder, meaning you can actually hear it from across the room. — Read the rest The post Apple's new AirTag is 50% louder, works from 50% farther away appeared first on Boing Boing.
Apple refreshes the airtags. The small tracking chips have more range and should be easier to find. At the price there is a surprise.
Everything You Need to Know About the Apple AirTag 2
Can it be that Apple launched the AirTag just five years ago? It feels simultaneously that that revelation is shockingly short for a device that seems to have been a part of our lives for a long time, and also a maddeningly long time for it to soldier on without an AirTag 2. Well, the AirTag 2 has arrived, only Apple isn’t calling it the AirTag 2. Apple is just going to keep calling it the AirTag because they feel like it, and even though the ne…
The AirTag, that little album that has helped millions of people find lost keys, bags and wallets, has just received its first significant update on...
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