Airtag beeping sometimes. Why is that?

This is idiotic and just one more example of Apple dictating how you use their products, even when there is a solid reason for using them a different way.

I have AirTags on both sets of my car keys. I have a big set with all my office and other work keys, and the other is just the car key. I only take one at time when I drive.

The exclusion zone “solution” is just a clumsy work around, when it would be far easier to just enable turning this off entirely.

The issue is that, since this AirTag is associated to your Apple ID ... and to your iPhone, when it becomes separated from that iPhone for a period of time, it will start beeping.

That is the way it is designed to work. It is not meant to track people or pets, but to help you locate a missing item.

... and no, if you continue to use this in this fashion, there is no way to disable the beeping. That is, without you child having their own iPhone/Apple ID associated with an AirTag, and they then have this phone with them.

One potential means to stop it from beeping is to configure your child's school to be one of the locations that the AirTag will "know." You would use the Find My's "Notify When Left Behind" option, and create an exception ... and you would do this via the Find My app on your iPhone.

Apple get your s**t together! Why am I paying the Apple premium when we can't configure most basic stuff?

I'm pretty sure they are doing it as an anti stalking measure... and an effort to release their liability in the situation. It is a bummer for those of us that are trying to keep track of animals, kids, vehicles and such.

You can let Apple know here: Product Feedback - Apple

Being "out of range" is just one reason that the AirTags can make a sound.

Ref:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0TVHPHRjXg&feature=youtu.be&themeRefresh=1
• https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/why-is-my-airtag-beeping-what-each-chime-means
• https://appleveteran.com/when-do-apple-airtags-make-noise/

If you could disable this then it could also be used to stalk people around. Legally they can’t give you that option. Which makes sense no?

i actually cant even understand what the use is for these given the beeping. its JUST meant for things that remain within bluetooth distance of one particular phone at ALL times? keys, wallet . . . thats it? what if me and my husband share a set of car keys? how is this device supposed to work for almost anything? whats the point??

That can't be true, I have a set of 4 air tags paired with my iPhone and they are literally sitting within 5 feet of my phone and one is beeping. So it's not out of range of the phone. So your explanation can't be true