Whitley |
08-10-2022 09:05 AM |
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Originally Posted by midiwiz
(Post 2124486)
airtags are bluetooth, has to be gps bluetooth range is at best 25-50 feet depending on environment
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When outside your Blue Tooth Range, the Find My Network is used to find the general area that the airtag is located (similar to find a specific contact). This works at Great Distances" . Once you get close, it can switch to bluetooth for an exact (close to) location. AitTags would be useless for anything other than find my keys is it were limited to 35 feet.
Regardless of the class and distance, Bluetooth is not the sum of an AirTag, and both Find My and ultra-wideband are designed to help where Bluetooth can’t. For example, when outside of the Bluetooth range, the Find My network can be used to find the general area of an AirTag, making it possible to initially locate a lost or missing item from great distances. Once within range, Bluetooth can take over. Then, when within a close enough distance of the device, the short-range ultra-wideband helps to ensure the exact location of an AirTag can be identified, even when Bluetooth is having issues pinpointing the item.
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