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AirTags 2 to bring better location tracking in 2025

Next-generation Apple AirTags will look the same, but feature improved range and location tracking.

Apple's AirTags will get its first-ever hardware update a new report claiming the tracked will gain finer location accuracy.

Backing up previous reports, Apple is said to be preparing an updated AirTag which is planned to be released in 2025.

According to Bloomberg the updated model is codenamed B589. It's said to have reached the manufacturing test phase, ahead of what will probably be a mid-2025 release.

The exterior appearance of the new model is expected to remain the same. However, it will feature a new chip with better location tracking and a longer range.

That means the new AirTag is expected to feature the Ultra Wideband chip that is currently included in the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 lineups.

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One other change claimed to be coming to the new AirTag is an interior design modification to make the speaker more difficult to remove. This is to prevent stalkers from easily disabling the speaker.

This rumored update to the AirTags would be the device's first hardware change since Apple unveiled the tracker in April 2021.



3 Comments

AppleZulu 8 Years · 2205 comments

A bit longer range would be good. The one left in my car is useful in surface parking contexts or just to check to see if my car is still more or less where I left it, but isn’t much use when trying to remember where I parked in a garage. On the current model AirTag, the find nearby feature doesn’t connect until I’m already within visual range and I’ve already spotted my car. With just a bit more range, it’ll work for this case, too. 

Xed 4 Years · 2896 comments

AppleZulu said:
A bit longer range would be good. The one left in my car is useful in surface parking contexts or just to check to see if my car is still more or less where I left it, but isn’t much use when trying to remember where I parked in a garage. On the current model AirTag, the find nearby feature doesn’t connect until I’m already within visual range and I’ve already spotted my car. With just a bit more range, it’ll work for this case, too. 

I wonder if that's beyond the capabilities of UWB when traveling through so many obstacles, like when hidden in a vehicle.

AppleZulu 8 Years · 2205 comments

Xed said:
AppleZulu said:
A bit longer range would be good. The one left in my car is useful in surface parking contexts or just to check to see if my car is still more or less where I left it, but isn’t much use when trying to remember where I parked in a garage. On the current model AirTag, the find nearby feature doesn’t connect until I’m already within visual range and I’ve already spotted my car. With just a bit more range, it’ll work for this case, too. 
I wonder if that's beyond the capabilities of UWB when traveling through so many obstacles, like when hidden in a vehicle.

It probably is. That said, it does make contact, so I can tell where my car was eight minutes ago, the last time someone with an iPhone went past it.