Do AirTags only make a sound if disconnected and if moved?

Someone mentioned that if your phone bluetooth is off, the airtag thinks it's lost. I had a very badly timed airtag alert go off and I had to run out of a room with it. When I checked my phone, my bluetooth was off but turned itself on when used the Find My app which is when it shut up. I don't need my bluetooth draining my phone battery just so the airtag stays quiet. I guess I invested too soon. Crap tech if that's going to continue happening.

Please contact Apple Support via phone if you are having this problem. They told me no one from Apple monitors these pages anymore. I have an open case with them and have been helping them try to figure out what is going on. Since resetting all mine, I’ve only had one go off the following day and none of them have done it since. They told me today to email them back if it does it again. I have been dealing with a higher level support agent and they really want to figure out what is going on. If you have a recording of the sound, even better.

Had the same issue. It turns out I had to reset it. Remove and put back in the battery 4 or 5 times. It will make a different sound at some point. That means it got reset and now should be able to pair

YES!! This is the same thing I am experiencing. I have 2 dogs each with an AirTag on their collar. They are definitely within bluetooth range of me. We have 2 other people in the house with their own appleId and their own devices. I have isolated the issue to when the dog moves suddenly (jumps up when the doorbell rings, gets up from a nap). They seem to chime when 4-5 times a day on each dog too. What I haven't figured out is a pattern to how many times it chimes per event. Sometimes it goes off for 3 times, others 8 times per episode.

Luckily the dogs aren't bothered by it, but it is going to kill the battery going off this much. Would really love an explanation.

Wow, so I have a useless device really.

If someone tries to steal my bag there is going to be no way to track them now!

Once they hear the sound they are going to remove it instantly from the bag.

@apple can I get a refund

I am experiencing this as well.

I have one on my keys. There seems to be several random chirps when I move my phone or ear buds near the airbag. I cannot tell what is the trigger.

What you seem to be saying is that this is daily check-in between the tag and the phone. Generally, the phone is no more than 10 feet away even at night. In some way this makes sense, but I feel we should be told.

Just to say that in order to stop my tags from bleeping when I pick them up/ move them, I turn Bluetooth on a minimum of twice a day. It seems they detect if they have not been connected to my phone for a prescribed of time. )I don’t tend to keep Bluetooth on permanently as it seems to drain the battery quicker.)

I have come to realise it only does the noise the first time I get in the car after a few days of not using the car … basically it’s saying “hello , I’m excited to see you, I missed you ” to my phone.

My husband’s AirTag has also made a quiet “chirping” sound twice since we have gotten them a few weeks ago. Both times, his keys were hanging on the key rack and as he picked them up to go out, the chirp-like noise began. I have several other AirTags and not one of them has done this odd noise with no provocation. I guess misery loves company because after much research on the internet about the subject, this is the first I’ve found anything about someone else’s AirTag doing this. This actually puts me at ease that his is not the only one, haha. Thank you for this notification on the subject!

After 3 or 4 attempts, I finally got to talk to a team leader who suggested that I leave Bluetooth on the whole time. His theory was that the Airtags needed Bluetooth to recognise my phone. So far, it has worked.

I find that as long as I turn Bluetooth on for a couple of minutes every 6 to 8 hours or so, there is no problem. Once the tags have connected to my device, there appears to be a time limit after which the tags bleep if I move them. This works for me and my battery lasts longer through not having Bluetooth on permanently.

Mine are all chirping up on movement. This happened a few months ago and I was able to reset all of my air tags by removing the battery and replacing it five or six times and setting it up as a new device. Now all five of my air tags are chirping upon movement again. My dog. My keys. Other ones. This is so annoying Apple. What is wrong with these things?

This simply isn’t true. They may be designed or intended to operate that way but there is clearly a problem and it isn’t just my own airtag by the number of comments. My airtag repeatedly beeps without any request made. Today it randomly started ringing while I was on a work call. It was right next to my phone. No one was requesting anything or changing the state of bluetooth or anything else related. Nothing was even moving.

Ok was at the Apple Store asked a genius about AirTags & why the one I keep in the car beeps (the one in my computer bag doesn’t ) .

So this is not a problem , it’s a feature , ever-time your apart from your AirTag for more than 24hrs (i don’t use the car every day) , it will beep when it reconnects with your phone.

Though I forgot to ask why the battery is draining faster on the car one , my guess is , when it’s alone it keeps scanning for a phone to connect to & the bag one is alway with me

This is supposedly a feature that makes the tag chirp if it's been separated from the phone it was associated with for three days or more. I think the idea is that someone would hear it and then they could bring it near any iPhone to discover if the owner has reported it lost.

AirTags Separated From Owners for Three Days or More Play Audible Sound When Moved

Since my wife went away for the week I need to take it off the dog before she has a nervous breakdown (my dog, not my wife, but my wife would have one too if she saw the dog freak out when the tag goes off!).