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Apple AirTags turn your iPhone into homing beacon for lost things

Apple’s new tracking tags make anything findable — either with your iPhone, or the 1 billion devices in Apple’s global Find My network.

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Apple’s new tracking tags make anything findable — either with your iPhone, or the 1 billion devices in Apple’s global Find My network.

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  1. No Name

    April 20, 2021 at 11:15 pm

    Secretly place one in your spouse’s vehicle so they can’t cheat on you anymore.

    • Sammy

      April 20, 2021 at 11:21 pm

      Or One on your Gfs car and Other one in your Wifes

  2. Kun Anta

    April 20, 2021 at 11:17 pm

    She already wears Airtags as earring 🤭🤣

  3. slakr2386

    April 20, 2021 at 11:26 pm

    I’ll be putting this on my car yesss

    • Chris Teasdale

      April 21, 2021 at 12:27 am

      Most modern cars are much harder to steal but it is too bad that a sophisticated car thief will know how to detect that your car has an AirTag and then search and remove it before taking it to a chop shop.

  4. DrPotato

    April 20, 2021 at 11:28 pm

    With Air Tag, i can finally Tracked my EX.

    • Ruhul Amin

      April 20, 2021 at 11:43 pm

      Not if they have an iPhone

  5. Savii Entertainment

    April 20, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    “After months of waiting” lol. Real leaker followers have been waiting years for this.

  6. James Yurko

    April 20, 2021 at 11:33 pm

    Hope they install this tech into the AirPods case

  7. Thi Henry

    April 20, 2021 at 11:36 pm

    Apple should just sell their air tag for 60 instead of of it only cost 30 but u need to buy key chain accessories for 30 too

    • Bryan Miller

      April 21, 2021 at 12:15 am

      Not everyone wants a keyring for it, some want to just put into a little pouch or pocket of a wallet or backpack

  8. franklingoodwin

    April 20, 2021 at 11:41 pm

    Nobody cares about Air Tags. Before people come at me, what I mean is that this is niche and only for the Apple diehards, not regular people

  9. DW Dino

    April 20, 2021 at 11:41 pm

    Can I use with my kids at the park?

    • Ace_NX

      April 21, 2021 at 12:01 am

      Probably

    • Sarcastic Tech

      April 21, 2021 at 1:17 am

      Yeah a lot of ppl are gonna use it on their pets collars too

  10. Robert Kelleher

    April 20, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    Your c|net is backwards

  11. James Taylor

    April 20, 2021 at 11:44 pm

    Apple need to make AirTag wallet I always be loosing mine lol

    • crybaby

      April 21, 2021 at 12:53 am

      just… put the airtag in your wallet?

  12. Howard King

    April 20, 2021 at 11:50 pm

    So… I find YOUR keys, I can then look up YOUR number, and then use that to find YOUR home, and eat YOUR groceries 😳😂

    Yeah I think you can keep my keys 😂😂😂

    First world problems (smh)

  13. Kun Anta

    April 20, 2021 at 11:53 pm

    Now I can say, “Hey Siri, where is my house?” 🤣

  14. Kun Anta

    April 20, 2021 at 11:55 pm

    Put it quietly in your boy/girlfriend’s bag 😆

  15. Kongolox

    April 21, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Key word “if you are in bluetooth range”. Basically its the same as tile. utterly worthless.

    • aaron parys

      April 21, 2021 at 1:04 am

      Did you watch the whole video? Other peoples Phone can detect the Device and send a signal back to your phone without them even knowing!!

  16. Ace_NX

    April 21, 2021 at 12:01 am

    See that Nintendo switch you got there

  17. nuyou21

    April 21, 2021 at 12:17 am

    Finally, Apple released AirTags. It almost makes you feel sorry for poor shameless Samsung’s SmartTags. 🤦‍♂️😂

  18. Chris Teasdale

    April 21, 2021 at 12:24 am

    If you are saying it only works in Bluetooth range, watch again, you are getting it.

  19. Mercutio Escaluse

    April 21, 2021 at 12:27 am

    you’re pretty beautiful.

  20. Juspeezy

    April 21, 2021 at 12:54 am

    Gonna put this in my kids shoulder !

  21. Robert Haley

    April 21, 2021 at 1:00 am

    Finally, apple catches up with the Tile company after 6 years. Good job

  22. Javathehut

    April 21, 2021 at 1:11 am

    I was actually thinking of getting it but saw it was only compatible for iPhone 8 😂😂😂😂

  23. Sarcastic Tech

    April 21, 2021 at 1:17 am

    Can’t wait to order these and replace my tiles they literally only work half the time. Apple using find my technology is gonna change the game

  24. aaron parys

    April 21, 2021 at 1:24 am

    This will be handy!! ..Lets see now where should we put them: Bicycle, Wallet, Keys, Put one in the Car, Tool Box, Camera Bag, Musical instruments/Amp etc.. Question are they water proof?

  25. Ridwan Djanam

    April 21, 2021 at 7:53 am

    What if u have a crazy ex/stalker and he/she puts it somewhere in your car. That’s creepy!

    • M

      April 21, 2021 at 12:45 pm

      See 2:00, they already thought of that.

  26. PlatinumGrey X

    April 21, 2021 at 7:54 am

    Make an airtag for glasses. There’s no worse feeling in the world when losing your glasses and not being able to see

    • Con Sorts

      April 21, 2021 at 11:17 am

      get Croakies, and hang a find sensor off of that.

    • Andy the Cat

      April 21, 2021 at 2:18 pm

      Preach! One time I lost both of my prescription glasses!😭

  27. TalsVids

    April 21, 2021 at 7:57 am

    Disappointed that there was no geofence type feature mentioned with the AirTags.
    This would be extremely useful for example if you left your bag, backpack in a restaurant, or even on a train, and you would receive a notification on your iPhone as you were about to leave the restaurant, train. Seems a big feature omission, as other manufacturers have this feature from what I can remember reading.

  28. V Mag

    April 21, 2021 at 9:29 am

    Apple Air Tags are useless for anti theft. The anti stalker feature will alert the thief that they are being stalked. Lol

  29. Apple Tree

    April 21, 2021 at 10:49 am

    Can’t wait to see AirTags Pro.

  30. Watergun

    April 21, 2021 at 11:21 am

    I always have issue finding my spectacles…

    • Jason J

      April 21, 2021 at 1:10 pm

      Probably left them in 1789.

      😛 lol

  31. HausOfMontague

    April 21, 2021 at 11:22 am

    So basically these work exactly like Tile. Except instead of relying on other Tile users to find things outside Bluetooth range it uses other iPhones. That’s neat.

    Still waiting for when someone will create and release true GPS style tags so I can track which park my daughter dropped her favorite Elsa doll in.

  32. Lavron 352

    April 21, 2021 at 11:40 am

    Putting this on my girlfriend

  33. Boyd Odell Tyler BaireGilmore

    April 21, 2021 at 12:46 pm

    💚🤘🏿

  34. Brian O'Regan

    April 21, 2021 at 12:53 pm

    Will Airtags work with older iPhones? I have the XS

    • seeblue54

      April 21, 2021 at 2:24 pm

      Yes. Any iPhone running iOS 14.5. Older iPhones (older than iPhone 11) w/o the UI chip won’t be able to use the new directional finding tools in the app when close up. But the audio ping will still work. IOW, for older phones, Find My for AirTags will work just as it does for a lost, stolen or misplaced iPhone.

  35. SAW

    April 21, 2021 at 1:05 pm

    Looking forward to my girlfriend hiding one in my car so she can track me at the gentlemans club 😐

  36. Jango

    April 21, 2021 at 1:12 pm

    Great, now I don’t need to wait 9 months for a new kid whenever I lose one…

    • Darth Sidious

      April 21, 2021 at 2:30 pm

      But . Don’t you have a ton of clones and boba?

    • Jango

      April 21, 2021 at 2:49 pm

      @Darth Sidious Yes, but it’s more fun doing it the ‘old fashioned way’. 😉 Boba’s a pussy…I ditched him on Tatooine light years ago…

    • Darth Sidious

      April 21, 2021 at 2:56 pm

      @Jango ah , yes . I see

  37. txx redtache

    April 21, 2021 at 1:13 pm

    I don’t think you know what a homing beacon is. Hardly helps your cred as a tech channel, does it?

  38. iSlandeRon

    April 21, 2021 at 1:48 pm

    LOL that thumb nail. I thought someone was wearing it like a earring.

  39. Rudie Obias

    April 21, 2021 at 3:00 pm

    Put it on your kids!

  40. Pinkie Love

    April 21, 2021 at 5:08 pm

    This tech has been out for many many many many many years… It’s just rebranded Apple

  41. Homero Avila

    April 21, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    Do they have batteries? How do you charge them? Edit: never mind question answered last few seconds of the video.

  42. Barackus

    April 21, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    Can I use one to find my soulmate?

    • franklingoodwin

      April 21, 2021 at 10:50 pm

      No, only to track them once you’ve found them 😆

  43. David Sposato

    April 21, 2021 at 9:35 pm

    If you don’t wanna lose things, well, don’t lose ’em!
    no need for another battery device

  44. Edimar Brito

    April 21, 2021 at 10:16 pm

    White chics movie

  45. Fashion & lifestyle

    April 21, 2021 at 10:43 pm

    I am truly impressed 😊🙂🙃😍

  46. Sayaf Tariq

    April 22, 2021 at 12:43 am

    does comes with Loop or I have to pay for the loop ? 🤔

  47. PhantomMatrix

    April 22, 2021 at 1:15 am

    Need help finding my android phone! 📱😂

  48. soulofnature

    April 22, 2021 at 1:27 am

    damn the keyring holder is more expensive than the airtag himself….and dont even get me started on the hermes crap

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