AirTags can be exceptionally useful trackers. These tiny devices passively beam their locations to any passing iPhone, iPad, or Find My-enabled device, which makes it possible to track items like keys and bags when they go missing. They're not difficult to set up and use: Once they're in place, they're good to go—until their batteries die about a year later.
But while AirTags are simple, there's a lot you can do with them. You can locate missing tags in futuristic ways; use them as NFC tags to run automations with a scan of your iPhone; and you can share their locations with airlines to help locate your luggage when it goes missing. Whether you own one AirTag or many, you need to know about these 10 hacks to make the most of your trackers.
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Ask Siri where your AirTag is to quickly locate it
Apple's "Left Behind" alerts can be useful. If you leave your house without your keys, for example, you might appreciate that notification letting you know. But if you have an AirTag in something you don't take with you every day—perhaps a suitcase or a backpack—you don't need your iPhone buzzing every time you step out your door. Then again, should you leave your hotel room without your suitcase, you may want that heads up before hopping in the Uber to the airport.
To set this up, open Find My on your iPhone, tap "Items," then choose the AirTag you want to adjust settings for. Here, scroll down, then choose "Notify When Left Behind." If the feature isn't on, enable it, then look down to "Notify me, except at:" Here, you can remove any automatically added locations, or add new ones by hitting "New Location."
Use this hack to make AirTags easier to open
I stumbled upon this via MacGeekGab on YouTube. The idea is, take a small amount of tape on the back, then use that as a grip to help with the twist. MacGeekGab also recommends using rubber thimbles, like the kind you use to count money, to achieve the same effect. The next time your AirTag's battery bites the dust, give this trick a shot.
To do so, head to the "Items" tab in Find My, then tap the AirTag for the missing luggage. Under "Lost AirTag," tap "Share Item Location." (This will only work if the AirTag is not within range.) From here, you can follow the on-screen instructions to share the AirTag with your airline, and hope that they'll be able to find it on their end.
Share your AirTag with others to keep tabs on important items
Your AirTag isn't just a tracker; it's also an NFC tag. This technology is what makes tap-to-pay work: You wave your iPhone over the tag, which triggers some pre-planned action. In this case, you can set up your AirTag to run any automation you want in Apple Shortcuts. For example, this Redditor uses it to remind themselves to take their medication; if they don't scan their AirTag, which they've stuck underneath the lid of their medication bottle, they'll receive a reminder.
Tap your iPhone against an AirTag to find its owner's info
As it happens, your AirTag has a default NFC function as-is: to pull up the contact info for an owner's AirTag after it goes missing. As such, you could be on both sides of this problem. If your AirTag goes missing, you should activate Lost Mode so that someone can scan it with their iPhone. But if you find one in the wild, you shouldn't just pick it up and ask if it belongs to anyone nearby. You can tap it with your iPhone like you would when paying at a POS, and, if it's in Lost Mode, you should see the owner's info.
If your AirTag isn't working properly, but its battery still has plenty of juice left in it, you can try a factory reset to get things working again. This will reset the AirTag to its original settings, which means it will unpair with your Apple Account. As such, not only is it an option if things aren't working as they should, but it's also an easy way to give your AirTag to someone else if you no longer want or need it.
Remove the battery to extend its life when your item sits idle
AirTags are designed to run for about a year before their batteries die. That's not a bad battery life for a piece of tech. However, not all AirTags are used the same. While the AirTag on your keys is used all the time, the one in your suitcase might not be. If you only take your luggage out every few months or so, your AirTag is slowly burning through a battery it doesn't actually need to be using.
Unfortunately, you can't put an AirTag into standby mode, or enable something like a Low Power Mode. Instead, consider removing the battery for any AirTags that aren't frequent fliers. That's what YouTuber HotshotTek does with his, and, in fact, tapes the battery to the front of their AirTag to keep it ready to go when they need it.
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