aIRTaG, an apple forgetting tag that finally appeared.Recently, Caitlin, a reporter of the Gizmodo editorial department who tends to eliminate head cover at golf courses and tends to eliminate sunglasses in everyday life, said that airTag was perfect for these things.
However, she continued to live an irregular life with a long rock down, and the number of opportunities to have a bag has decreased, and employee cards and wallets have been carried in their leggings pockets.She seemed to be worried that she would do something lost at restaurants and airports when her life returned with peace of mind.
So Caitlin tried airTag in various scenes, as well as returning to a regular life.
Can you really find a lost item using airTag?What is the privacy side you care about again?Please review the airTag by Caitlin.
airTag
What is this?: apple forgetful items prevention tag
Price: $ 29 (3,800 yen including Japanese price), $ 99 for 4 pieces (Japanese price 12,800 yen)
Favorite place: apple's "Search" network always updates the location information of airTag, and the location is accurate.It's also wonderful that the setting is easy
I don't like it: In order to prevent stalking damage, urgent improvement of the track prevention function is required
The setting is surprisingly simple
as can be said for all apple products, the setting is very easy to set.First, open the airTag package and remove the attached vinyl.Then the airTag starts to sound, so put the iPhone closer and pair.If successful, the airTag setting screen will be displayed on the iPhone, so enter the required items according to the instructions on the screen.On this setting screen, you can select an item to attach aIRTaG or link it to your apple ID.
In order to use airTag, iPhone or iPad is iOS14.5/iPados 14.It must be updated to 5 or more.
after completing the settings, open the iPhone or iPad "Search" app and tap the "Search for Products" tabs.Items with airTag should be displayed in emoticons on the map (a third -party tag such as Chipolo and Belkin for "Search" apps will also be displayed here).
How to find aIRTaG and its mechanism
There are several ways to find your belongings using airTag.
If you think that there is an item with airTag, you can ask Siri.If the Bluetooh arrives, airTag starts to sound according to the command (you can always hear the sound from the "search" app without having to ask Siri).
aIRTaG has a built -in U1 chip designed by apple.The U1 chip uses a ultra -wide band wireless technology (UWB), which can be identified by the location of other apple devices equipped with a U1 chip using spatial recognition at the incorrect cm level.
as for the iPhone, the 11 and 12 series have a U1 chip, so you can find more accurate airTag by using the "Search" app.However, the power of UWB is demonstrated only when airTag is nearby.If there is an airTag within a few meters from the iPhone, a "search button" appears in the "Search" app.Tap the button to display the distance to the airTag and the direction to move.The screen of the iPhone is also switched to green, and vibration is transmitted.Therefore, when you find a lost item, you will be able to enjoy a sense of accomplishment like a treasure hunt (this is a function to find accurate places).
I put an airTag around my house and tried it several times, but I was able to find all airTag safely by making the "accurate place" function and sound.rice field!
apple products around the world will help you "search"
So how do you find it if you lose an item with airtag while going out, not in the house?according to apple, hundreds of millions of iPhones, iPads, and Mac devices "Search" networks around the world will help you find aIRTaG.In other words, when the iPhone user happens to pass near the airTag, the iPhone receives the Bluetoooh signal from the airTag and sends the location information of airTag to the iCloud, and the aIRTaG owner always opens the "Search" app.You can check the location information of.
In addition, apple -like consideration is also considered here, and the series of processes is encrypted and performed anonymously, so even apple has the user's airTag, and who has helped to find it.I can't know if.
Q.Can I find airTag immediately in a large place?
Next, I had my husband cooperate to test if I could find airtag outdoors, and had an outdoor facility hide the airTag.after my husband returned home, I turned on the loss mode of airTag in the "search" app and turned on the notification when detected.If airTag moves a little, you will be notified to my iPhone.
Immediately after checking the location of airTag in the "Search" app, the last detected place seems to be a shopping center.Therefore, I went to collect by car and opened the "Search" app after arriving at the site, but there is no airTag nearby, I can not hear it even if it sounds, so I find a "accurate place" function.There was no reaction, so I was squirming around the shopping mall for several minutes.
However, a few minutes later, my husband, who saw the trouble, gave a hint, saying, "airTag hidden in that store."So I decided to enter the store and look for airTag using the "Find accurate" function.Then, when approaching the distance within 3m from airtag, the screen of the iPhone changed to green and the arrow was displayed.Then, when I walked according to the arrow, I finally reached the mannequin wearing jeans and found the airtag hidden in my pocket.
a.Depending on the location, it will take some time to find
Since airTag is different from GPS trackers, you can't use the "accurate place" function unless your iPhone catches radio waves from airtag.Therefore, if you lose things in a large place like a shopping mall, you may walk around to find the Bluetooth radio waves sent from airtag.
Did I find airtag at a shopping mall without her husband's hint?Unfortunately, the answer is NO.
androidユーザーも｢探す｣手助けをしてくれるかも
If you can't find airTag, try this.If you turn on the lost mode in the "Search" app, the screen to enter your phone number will be displayed.after the input, the lost mode will be enabled, so I just hope that NFC -compatible smartphone users will pick up airTag and hold them over the white surface.
I also tested whether airtag reacts with NFC -compatible android smartphones.In fact, I had to tap several times until my smartphone recognizes airTag, but the result was a great success.On the Pixel screen, my phone number and how to return it to the owner were displayed.
Battery has good
airTag is an unwanted device that is rare among apple products.The battery lasts more than a year with a button battery.If you turn it further, the back cover will come off, so it is easy to replace the battery.You can always see the airTag's battery level from the "Find" app.
The track prevention function requires urgent improvement
apple explains that airTag can track important things safely while protecting privacy and have a tracking function to prevent stalking damage, but this is not safe.
If a malicious person puts airTag into another person's bag, the iPhone user who carries it without knowing the airTag will not only receive the notification, but also the airTag will sound and warn you that it is not your airTag.However, in the case of android users, the airTag starts to sound and the smartphone is not notified.There is no such function in the forgotten tags provided by other companies, but apple seems to need to seriously review this function.
I attached an airTag under the driver's seat before my husband got into the car to test the aIRTaG tracking function (of course he has already accepted it).However, despite her husband running for hours by car, his iPhone did not reach his iPhone.Because his iPhone is iOS 14.Because it was not updated to 5.
So the husband's iPhone is iOS14.I had you update to 5 and tested it again, but I didn't get a notification on his iPhone again.On the other hand, my iPhone's "Search" app was easy to see, and I was able to understand the store where I stopped by.Perhaps this was because the test time was too short, but apple did not officially disclose how many hours the tracking function anticipation function would be notified.
also, as I tried this time, iOS 14.IPhone users who have not updated to 5 cannot receive tracking alerts.Therefore, iPhone users who have not yet updated to the latest software can be said to be safe to update early in case.
By the way, this function is almost effective for android users, and even if it is stalked using airTag, the notification sound will not be heard from airtag.There are many users who use android smartphones all over the world, so we need urgent improvements.
aIRTaG is not only affordable but also easy to use, so in the near future you may see people wearing people in the town like airPods.That's why I commented to apple, "I think it is necessary to improve the track prevention function as soon as possible."apple replied, "In order to further enhance the track prevention function, it may improve through the update in the future."
airTagと他社の忘れ物防止タグを比較
The functions are slightly different depending on the manufacturer, even if it is a lost item prevention tag.However, it is easier to find things than other companies' lost items.
TILE uses the Internet to search for lost items, but airTag searches for hundreds of millions of iPhones, iPads, and Mac devices around the world.Therefore, airtag is more likely to find a drop from Tile (1 billion in apple users worldwide vs..35 million TILE users).at this time, Tile does not support UWB, but the UWB compatible version is scheduled to be released later this year.
On the other hand, Samsung's Galaxy Smarttag + compatible with the same UWB as airtag, and can find the lost object more accurately.However, the price is a little expensive at $ 40 (about 4,400 yen), and SmartTag + is a mechanism that updates the location information of the tag using the network of the Galaxy device that has allowed to cooperate in searching for a drop.On the other hand, apple's "Search" network will update the latest location information when the iPhone user passes near airTag even in places where Bluetooth does not reach.
When you buy an apple product, the basic new user needs to register your device in iCloud and register on the "search" network.Therefore, if you think that there are 1 billion apple users around the world who participate in the "search" network, the probability of finding airTag will increase.
まとめ：airTagaは買うべき？
If you read this review article, if you tend to lose things well with your iPhone user, you will definitely buy one (or 4) airTag.aIRTaG is reasonably priced and easy to set, and is perfect.airTag is a device that can be said to be the true value of apple in all aspects.
I would like to use the vaccine and put an airTag in my bag and put it in my wallet when the day when I can go on a trip with confidence.I hope that the track prevention function has been improved at that time, apple.