can I use Airtags to keep track of 86-year-old grandma, her car, plus her senior dog?(with her consent, of course)

[beerseagulls]

can I use Airtags to keep track of 86-year-old grandma, her car, plus her senior dog? (with her consent, of course, and only for emergencies like when she's lost or missing)

Or am I better off buying a compact GPS vehicle tracker or something like that?

 

[iStorm]

It'll "work", but probably better off getting some other tracker. The AirTags would be beeping all the time when you aren't near them.

 

[antiprotest]

It'll "work", but probably better off getting some other tracker. The AirTags would be beeping all the time when you aren't near them.

Will they beep though, if she turns off tracking notifications, or if she doesn't use an iPhone?

 

[fischersd]

How much do you want to spend? Best solution would be to get her the cheapest iPhone that would work well with them (an iPhone 8 or iPhone SE) - put it on your Apple ID, but don't enable your email or contacts from your iCloud account. Then you can use the iPhone and any AirTags you add for your Grandma to make sure she's safe.

 

[antiprotest]

can I use Airtags to keep track of 86-year-old grandma, her car, plus her senior dog? (with her consent, of course, and only for emergencies like when she's lost or missing)

Or am I better off buying a compact GPS vehicle tracker or something like that?

I think it will work. And since you want to find their locations only when they are missing, you can tied the tags to them and forget about it until you need it. It is best to use something integrated to what you already have, like the iPhone.

 

[chrfr]

Will they beep though, if she turns off tracking notifications, or if she doesn't use an iPhone?

Yes. Otherwise they could easily be used to track people that don't use iPhones.

 

[beerseagulls]

Yes. Otherwise they could easily be used to track people that don't use iPhones.

just looked it up on YouTube... apparently people simply crack open the AirTag and disable the built-in speaker or buzzer thing...

 

[TorbenIbsen]

I would put a cellular version of Apple Watch SE on her. It has all the features one needs in a situation like this. Fall detection, heart monitoring, medications reminders, "find my" and you can also talk to each other as a cellular watch is also a telephone. - The standard wristband is comfortable and the watch is waterproof. So she needs never take it off, not even in a bath. And the watch can automatically call the emergency service if necessary. And it can remind her when her favorite TV programmes are going to start.

 

[xraydoc]

I would put a cellular version of Apple Watch SE on her. It has all the features one needs in a situation like this. Fall detection, heart monitoring, medications reminders, "find my" and you can also talk to each other as a cellular watch is also a telephone. - The standard wristband is comfortable and the watch is waterproof. So she needs never take it off, not even in a bath. And the watch can automatically call the emergency service if necessary. And it can remind her when her favorite TV programmes are going to start.

Well, she would need to charge it nightly.... so she would have to remember to do so.

But like other's have said, AirTags aren't meant to track people or other items (cars, etc) that might move about frequently without you.