I’m not a tech guy by any means. I have an AirTag on my daughter’s shoe, so I researched how it worked. The AirTag does not have GPS. It piggybacks on other people’s cell phones (and it doesn’t matter what kind of cell phone it is.) The AirTag only has to be within 50’ of a cell phone and that person’s cell phone sends the location through satalite or WiFi, which is then sent to my IPhone. Through experience, I have found that the location can be off by up to 200’ if the person’s cell phone was in a car driving by the AirTag. Also, it doesn’t continuously update, which confuses me. When my daughter is on the school bus, it can be off by 10 miles or so. I don’t remember anything about Bluetooth, but if you know, please inform me. Thanks.
This is exactly what was going on in my comment above. Can you imagine someone tracking their child that way and accusing the person in the wrong location of having said child?
It's a good idea, but these things only track as far as bluetooth 5's range is.. less than a mile i think.
I’m not a tech guy by any means. I have an AirTag on my daughter’s shoe, so I researched how it worked. The AirTag does not have GPS. It piggybacks on other people’s cell phones (and it doesn’t matter what kind of cell phone it is.) The AirTag only has to be within 50’ of a cell phone and that person’s cell phone sends the location through satalite or WiFi, which is then sent to my IPhone. Through experience, I have found that the location can be off by up to 200’ if the person’s cell phone was in a car driving by the AirTag. Also, it doesn’t continuously update, which confuses me. When my daughter is on the school bus, it can be off by 10 miles or so. I don’t remember anything about Bluetooth, but if you know, please inform me. Thanks.
This is exactly what was going on in my comment above. Can you imagine someone tracking their child that way and accusing the person in the wrong location of having said child?