Since airtags launched, I've been aware of the "anti-stalker" features of the Airtags. My understand was that the airtag needs to be near one of my apple devices to basically reset the clock before it starts beeping. Here is the problem. I just got back from 3 days out of town for work. It seems my dog's airtag (on her collar) started beeping. Which is odd because my macbook pro was powered on and at home. I thought the airtags could see those and recognize them as my device. Furthermore, everyone in my household is part of an "Apple Family", so there are tons of devices from my wife and kids around.
My dog's airtag beeps when I'm away despite the fact that it is in the same house with the devices that I didn't take with me:
It drives me nuts that:
Am I missing something here? Shouldn't my Macbook Pro at least have kept the dog's tag from beeping?
My dog's airtag beeps when I'm away despite the fact that it is in the same house with the devices that I didn't take with me:
- Devices Registered directly to my Apple ID:
- Macbook Pro
- 3 Apple TVs
- Devices Registered to members of my Apple Family:
- Wife's Macbook Pro
- 2x kids' iPad Air 5s
- 3x Apple watches
- 2x Older macbooks the kids have.
It drives me nuts that:
- Airtags don't seem to take into account the "home" location
- Airtags don't take into account family membership
- Airtags don't seem to (at least mine don't) recognize when they are left near my other Apple devices registered to my Apple ID.
Am I missing something here? Shouldn't my Macbook Pro at least have kept the dog's tag from beeping?