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14 de diciembre de 2025

So many uses, plus it seems Apple designed iPhones to only work with their own tags.

Works well for tracking an item. At least if you have an iPhone. One drawback is it's ONLY a tag. A circular disc. More like one of those thick Vegas chips. Other ones I've tried, like Walmart's Onn brand come with clips and it can easily be attached to your key ring. This can't. You need to buy another product to hold it that attaches to a key ring. Maybe that's good for other uses though. I might want a credit card sized holder to slide in my wallet. In which case the added appendage for a keychain is undesirable. But it adds to costs. And speaking of costs, this was $64 for a pack of four. Or $16 each. A single AirTag was going for $24. By comparison, Walmart's Onn AirTag came as 2 for about $15. Or, $7.50 each. But, it never connected to my iPhone, so it was useless at any price. Which brings me to... I have an iPhone and the AirTags seem to be the only type of tag that works with the iPhone. Doesn't surprise me. Apple has always tried to make it so that you can only use their products. Forcing you to spend more money on their products to work with your existing Apple hardware. Back in the original Macintosh days, they used unique connectors to connect to mouses, drives, keyboards, etc. Their OS runs on the same CPU architecture as Windows CPUs now, but if you try to install MacOS on a regular laptop, it won't let you because it detects whether it's an authentic Apple machine or not. I have bluetooth devices an Android will connect to, but iPhones won't. I found out iPhones don't "speak" all sub-protocols within Bluetooth. Or their "lightning cord charger". Who else uses that except Apple? So you have to buy from them or somebody that paid them to be able to make them. So, is this the reason other tags won't work? Probably. Apple only wants you buying their AirTags. And no doubt designed it to only recognize their tags. But it works and I'm happy with it. I often lose my keys. Not outside the house, but inside. I'll set the keys down someplace and forget where or leave them in a jacket/pants. Then I need to leave and I'm searching all over for my keys. Most recently, I set them down to unload groceries and they got knocked off the counter and fell into a box of sodas. Couldn't find them for days. That pushed me to get AirTags. And they helped me find them twice already. Of course I did have to buy a holder to attach it to my keychain. AirTags work like crowd-sourcing. It's discovered by bluetooth. It doesn't use GPS. It doesn't connect to cell phone towers. It's just a tag with a unique Identifier. Cell Phones like iPhones and Androids search for these tags in the background and report them being nearby. So all of the cell phones near your AirTag are reporting it's location. So even if you lost it across the city, any cell phone that comes withing 30-100 feet of it will report its location. Even if it's not theirs. So now your Find my Phone app can locate it's last known position. There are holders that are credit card sized so you can slip one in your wallet (though it's much thicker than a credit card). You can buy holders that attach to keychains, pet collars, backpacks, or many other things. There are holders that have a magnetic side so you can attach it to your bike or a toolbox. Or you can just toss one in your car. When you forgot where you parked at that concert or huge outlet mall, your AirTag can help. Some airports and airlines can use them to locate missing luggage. SO many uses. Read more

Apple AirTag (1st Generation) - 4 Pack. Keep Track of and find Your Keys, Wallet, Luggage, Backpack, and More. Simple one-tap Set up with iPhone or iPad, Bluetooth

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For travel and daily use so multifunctional and convenient

Love these Apple AirTags!

Great product

Perfect for Keeping Track of Everything

Excellent to find whatever you are looking for!

So many uses, plus it seems Apple designed iPhones to only work with their own tags.

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