AirTag 2024: iPhone Update Reveals Apple Launching Significant New Feature
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That’s the next iPhone software update which is expected to reach general release soon (read full details of exactly when here) and the code has revealed a lot of what might be coming. This all fits with the work Apple did last year when it, jointly with Google, proposed an industry standard specification to help make sure that Bluetooth trackers were not misused. This includes compatible earbuds and headphones, and trackers that you can attach to your wallet, keys, or bike.” According to the report, “To the benefit of iPhone owners, Google held back the launch of its network so Apple could apply this protection in iOS, something that appears to have finally happened in iOS 17.5.” In other words, the next days and weeks look like they will bring big changes to the world of tracking devices. Now, as Ars Technica reports, “Just like AirTags, and the Tile network before it, the goal of the project is to enable helpful little Bluetooth tracking tags that can tell you where your stuff is. This is all done anonymously, and only the owner of the tag can see its location, but everyone in the network pitches in to create a crowdsourced, worldwide thing-tracking network.” This, by the way, is one of the best descriptions I’ve come across of how Find My works.
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