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Do I understand correctly, the AirTags only makes a sound if disconnected AND if moved? I plan to leave it in my car, which I park at various spots and sometimes forget where that is, as I sometimes don't use it weeks.
It would be inconvenient, if the AiTag beeps all the time.
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I am experiencing the same problem and so is my wife. We have a total of 8 all together and sometimes the airtag wants to re-pair with my iPhone as it did when I first purchased them. Does this mean anyone can take ownership of my airtags? This is a big security flaw if it’s not iCloud locked like all of my other Apple products.
We deserve an explanation for the obvious flaw that renders them very expensive over glorified battery holders.
Mine does this too. Seems like the tag looses contact with the phone and thinks it’s lost.
Maybe it’s related to older phones not having all Bluetooth features (if that is the case)? I have an IPhone X.
My car key tag suddenly chirruped in the ignition as I was driving yesterday. My house key tag sometimes chirrups when they are in my pocket while walking. Sometimes it happens when they are moved first thing in the morning. It is all so random not to mention annoying. Just wondering - does it make any difference whether or not Bluetooth is on?
Still no answer to my question and this is frustrating!
I have my tag hidden in my dj bag, just incase it gets stolen /lost.
if it gets stolen and it’s making sounds the thief will locate the sound and see it’s an Apple tag… thus ditching the tag and me never getting my bag back!
I only want the tag to make sounds when I request it… can this be done?
I Have an iPhone 11 Pro max so its not related to an older phone issue. @dennison199 well there is a fault or bug then. I will literally be in our back shed and when I come inside and near my car key air tag, they beep. It's like its reminding you that you are close again. This is not how they are meant to function AT ALL.
It doesn't seem to have done this for a week or two if anyone knows of any changes.
I’ll try keeping Bluetooth turned on permanently then. But if it a question of the tag communicating with the phone, what will happen when the air tag is lost (is separated) from the phone? Will the tag start to chirrup, thus alerting someone nearby of its presence? I really don’t see the logic here.
My AirTag did the same, in my sunglasses case in the car. My bluetooth is always on and I have a 11PM. My partners AirTags are also beeping, both the same noise.
It’s not the sound from Find My, but a different one. I saw a video of Apple Support with explainers for the different beeps, but this one was not listed.
The AirTag is on 1.0.278 and I’m on 14.7
Two of my four also made a sound, different than in the sound explanations, when moved, but they only did this for a short time, maybe a few days, after I got them. Then they stopped and this hasn’t repeated since. Question for everyone: Has this happened over an extended time and still continuing, or did it happen for maybe a few days when new, and then stop ?
Mine have been doing it for several weeks. It does it anytime that I pick the keys up. Yesterday it also did it randomly while we were driving. Every time it happens it is within a couple of feet of my phone. There seems to be rhyme or reason when it goes off.
yeah you are right a bunch of people here are talking about the normal operation of airtags which is they will beep when separated from the user, that is the point for privacy reasons same as a NFC warning will pop up that one is near you and that wasn't my question at all - my tags beep when I am within 30m of them and go up close to them, so not separated and also within my own phones range - that is not normal operation.
Incidentally, it hasn't happened for a few weeks now. Maybe its a "reminder" that you own airtags lol
Mine stopped. Weirdly, around the same time it was doing that, I wasn’t able to ping the items - when I would go into Find My it said the item (my dog, my keys) were with me, and wouldn’t let me play the sound from my phone or track distance. The random ringing stops and now I can use Find My to track and play a sound again. Go figure.
I have Apple IDs too (very frustrating) but I'm not sure the Airtag sounds are related. It doesn't make sense. My Airtags often make noises usually when I've left my a tag in my car (which is what I do!)
My airtag started doing this recently. It just starts beeping randomly on its own. It put it on my dogs collar and he gets so confused when it happens. Would be great if there was an update from Apple on this issue.
Disappointing that Apple hasn't responded (unless I missed it?), but adding that two of my AirTags have also started chiming. I did recently change my Apple password and just got a message that I needed to log back in on my phone for full functionality to be available - wonder if that had something to do with it?
My keys with my airtag were next to my phone- bluetooth on and they beeped the other day. Did it again this morning as I picked up my keys to go out the door to work. The problem people are having is different than this feature you speak of.
Me too , I hide one in the car , I don’t use the car every day , when i do I hear a beeping for a short while (sounds like water sloshing in water bottle)… I thought it was only suppose to beep, if it was near another persons phone.
Do AirTags only make a sound if disconnected and if moved?
