Just got the airtags and can't pull them up on my icloud.com via the browser or other phones in the family account. We all would like to track the tags connected to the main account.
iPhone 8
Limnos wrote:
It is the way it currently works. That's not saying there isn't room for improvement but that's how it is now and and we can just tell you what is currently possible.
Yes, I agree. That is how it works. And something along that line would have been an acceptable answer. Maybe not as informative or polite as it could be, but it would be an accurate answer.
LACAllen wrote:
Airtags and Apple IDs have a one to one relationship that can't be shared.
This too would have been an acceptable answer.
Limnos wrote:
"An AirTag can be associated with one Apple ID."
Technically this is a valid statement, but does nothing to answer the question. My iPhone, iPad, Mac mini, iMac, and MacBook Pro are all associated with one Apple ID too -- mine. But my wife can still locate them in FindMy. So, "Devices" can be shared, but "Items" cannot. A little more explanation, and you would have had an answer. But not as it was written.
Click on this link --> https://support.apple.com/HT212251
"An AirTag can be associated with one Apple ID."
It is the way it currently works. That's not saying there isn't room for improvement but that's how it is now and and we can just tell you what is currently possible. If you wish to see changes then provide feedback to Apple. The people responding here do not work for Apple and we have no more influence over how they do things than you do.
Apple products feedback links - http://www.apple.com/feedback/
because it is associated to one account. that is not an answer,
Yeah it is.
Airtags and Apple IDs have a one to one relationship that can't be shared.
This answer does not properly address the question. "Associated w/ one Apple ID" should not preclude the ability to share location between family members (as configured in Family Share). My iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch are all associated w/ my one Apple ID, yet we still have the option for everyone in my family to see their locations.
The proper answer is something along the lines of "You can not. Apple, for some unspecified reason, has decided not to support this feature. There has been no official statement from Apple (that I'm aware of) as to whether they plan to implement this at a later date."
By your own admission all statements were valid. And did answer the question as asked.
LACAllen wrote:
Technically this is a valid statement, but does nothing to answer the question.
By your own admission all statements were valid. And did answer the question as asked.
If you are measuring style so be it, but to imply or suggest the answers were invalid is nonsense.
Um, no. I stated quite the opposite. I wrote, "Technically this is a valid statement, but does nothing to answer the question." I you don't understand the difference, let me break it down barney style.
If I asked, why why is my spotted dog brown, and you answered, because Dalmatians are spotted, you the statement that Dalmatians are spotted is a correct statement, but did not answer the question of why is it brown.
This is the same here. The revised statement that AirTags cannot be shared, that they are limited to only the account owner answers the question. As I have provided proof, all devices in FindMy are registered one-device-2-one-account, and they all can be shared to the family for FindMy. Items are the only thing that cannot be shared, which invalidates the argument that the reason they cannot be shared is because, "AirTags can be associated to one account". Although they can only be associated to one account (which is also true with all devices in FindMy), it does NOTHING to further answer the question of why.
This lack of basic comprehension today is shocking.
the quest was how to share, and the answer was because it is associated to one account. that is not an answer, and it totally dismisses the way FindMy works. The response to that answer was more of an answer.
Technically this is a valid statement, but does nothing to answer the question.
By your own admission all statements were valid. And did answer the question as asked.
If you are measuring style so be it, but to imply or suggest the answers were invalid is nonsense.
I’ve already marked this as solved, but one of my questions still is not answered regarding tracking via browser on iCloud.com. None of my AirTags are on there at all even though it’s the same AppleID that registered the tags. I’ve posted that specific question here and removed the sharing aspect: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252837932?answerId=255337419022&login=true&page=1
Yes, and I share the location of my phone with whomever I want---not sure why this is any different.
It is because that is the way it is set up.
There. The bluntness of that reply should make kasperoid very happy.
How do I share my airtags with other family members so we can all find the dog/keys/car, etc?
