Apple Launches 2nd-Generation AirTag With 50% Longer Range and Louder Alerts

6 articles · Updated · Nine · May 29

Apple’s second-generation AirTag, released in January, adds stronger tracking, security and sharing features for users trying to locate keys, bags and other belongings.
The update uses Apple’s latest ultrawideband chip to enable Precision Finding at up to 50% greater distance and to play sounds 50% louder than the first model.
Find My support now lets up to five people permanently view an AirTag, while temporary location sharing can help others — including Qantas and more than 50 airlines — track lost items.
Apple says the 11.8-gram tracker keeps location data encrypted and anonymous, alerts iPhone users to unknown AirTags nearby, and carries IP67 water and dust resistance with a battery life of more than a year.

With its tracking range now 50% longer, have AirTag's privacy safeguards truly kept pace with its enhanced surveillance capabilities?

How will the AirTag's integration with 50+ airlines actually change the chaotic experience of recovering lost airport luggage?

As Apple's tracking network expands, what are the hidden societal costs of normalizing this powerful surveillance technology in our daily lives?