Air tags mix ok with credit cards?

[Easttime]

So if I put an Air Tag in my wallet with credit cards, will it wipe the data on the cards like a magnet?

 

[loekf]

No, because the magnet strip is not supposed to be there anymore (cards in Europe). AirTags use BT, so radio signals, but low power.

 

[seinman]

Possibly. AirTags contain a speaker (speakers use magnets) and at least one early review YouTube video has shown that they’re slightly magnetic. It will probably depend on how weak the card’s strip is. For instance, I used to have a wallet with a magnet to hold a leather money clip closed. It never caused a problem with any credit card. But any time I put a hotel keycard in there, it erased it.

 

[Lihp8270]

Possibly. AirTags contain a speaker (speakers use magnets) and at least one early review YouTube video has shown that they’re slightly magnetic. It will probably depend on how weak the card’s strip is. For instance, I used to have a wallet with a magnet to hold a leather money clip closed. It never caused a problem with any credit card. But any time I put a hotel keycard in there, it erased it.

The reason why magnets erase stuff like hotel card mag strips is because they’re designed to be easily erased for reusing.

Same with paper train tickets quick writing on cheap magnetic strips. I always ended up wiping my train tickets by putting them in the same pocket as air pods