Can you share AirTag location with family?

I have one on my Apple TV remote (sounds ridiculous I know) but I work nights and when I get home, I can never find it as the little ones stuck it under the couch or cushions and everyone is asleep. But when I’m at work and my wife can’t find it, I can’t help her. It would be nice for at least multiple users especially if you track your children.

I think AirTags are great, but it really needs to include family sharing for pets.

It would be VERY helpful for my wife and I to be able to use our iPhones to locate our pets.

Please submit a change request for the next product release.

Many thanks

I completely agree with what everyone is saying about family sharing. We have these tags on our pets and it’s really a pain that we can’t allow other family members (or the pet sitter) have access…an update would be a really helpful tool.

AirTag, and Devices for that matter, should be able to be shared. Adding simple authentication as in people tracking should not be beyond Apple's ability, and would make the item much more useful to families.

drmiagi wrote:

AirTag, and Devices for that matter, should be able to be shared. Adding simple authentication as in people tracking should not be beyond Apple's ability, and would make the item much more useful to families.

Have you given that feedback to Apple?

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You DO understand that unless your dog is quite near another iPhone (a “relaying device”) that you’re STILL not going to locate the tag … right ???

Pet tracking is a generally poor application for AirTags.

Plus it results in neurotic animals from the incessant “chirping” when you and your own devices are not nearby.

It seems like a no brainer here, if the owner of the AirTag is consenting or permits Apple to share the location of the AirTag with other people and the intended recipient consents to receiving that information there are no issues.

I feel like this was intentionally deceptive and dishonest marketing by Apple to increase revenue. I’m wondering if I should file complaints with Better Business Bureau.

So if I lose my iPhone with the AirTag assigned to it and the battery dies and am unable to find my iPhone no one would ever be allowed to find or use that AirTag.

That sounds like literally the silliest thing ever for a technology that is marketed to find your belongings.

This is a big problem I have with Apple and it’s technology ecosystem. I need to buy all sorts of Apple devices just assigned to me for redundancy. I can’t have different profiles on an iPad for my young kids, so everyone needs their own Apple Device. This isn’t Green or environmentally conscious, Apple is just greedy chasing profits.

Instead of using just one Apple AirTag and sharing with anyone that needs to know the location, everyone has to buy their own Apple AirTag and put it on the same object for us each to know where it is.

Wow what a miss and fail by Apple. I converted over to Apple from Android devices a few years ago. Seeing that this is the way Apple wants to operate I’m thinking I’ll go back to Android where I don’t need 15 devices and can just share my devices.

Apple I recommend you get your act together and start satisfying common and expected use cases with your technologies. Keep this up and you’ll lose your market share quickly especially during a looming recession here in 2022.

Remember growth is logistic and there is an upper bound, if you try to exceed the upper bound you will crash the population, in this case your market share.

Re: “… I’m wondering if I should file complaints with Better Business Bureau …”

Knock yourself out. 😉

However, making invalid, unsupported assumptions about hardware capability generally doesn’t form a sound basis for a complaint …

… especially given Apple’s 14-day “no questions asked” refund policy.

This seems like a obvious feature, that is missing.

I just purchased 4 of these, thinking I would be able to share with family. But, now, I feel buyer's remorse.

Tile seems to have made this feature simple, as shown here.

Should have 4 tiles instead.

Next time, Tile.

Re: “ … now, I feel buyer's remorse …”

Then by all means return them to Apple during your 14-day window.

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If the “cost” of reduced coverage and privacy compromised to “Tile Inc” is acceptable in your “purchasing calculus” … go for it.

Bad fix for AirTags being dropped on unsuspecting people. Makes them mostly useless. Trying this on my family pet in case she gets out and it is effectively worthless. Even within a shared family it is not visible to all like devices are. Just a terrible solution and needs to be corrected. Should also be sharable like a tile is. Surely this can be un-fixed. Probably sending it back as it is essentially useless except for personal items. What if multiple people are trying to find it, primary user is out of the home but car keys need to be found. Whole slew of reasons to share to whomever or at a minimum within a family by selection a share option.

"So if I lose my iPhone with the AirTag assigned to it and the battery dies and am unable to find my iPhone no one would ever be allowed to find or use that AirTag."

You can find the location of the AirTag (but won't be able to play a sound) from an iPad or Macbook using the same Apple ID.

pychon wrote:

Ridiculous. I purchased this as a Santa Tracker for my family. A fun way to get the relatives and kids excited! The plan was to share the information with the family and have everyone follow package/s sent through the mail.

Additionally, having the ability to share the information with law enforcement if something was stolen. Obviously, some shared links ought to have an exploration. Although I can see some nefarious things occurring with AirTags and the 'legal' disclaimer while setting up the AirTags will not deter criminals, why do you think they're criminals in the first place?

Tell Apple:

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This should work the same way as sharing my location on my iPhone. If my wife loses her purse with her phone and AirTag inside, I should be able to see the location if she shared permissions with me. This question IS NOT about using one AirTag with two apple IDs

Trogloraspa wrote:

I bought airtags to be able to find the car keys , a car that of course me and my wife share... so? Apple wants me to buy two airtags ?? ridiculous!

Why are you telling us, your fellow users? Tell Apple:

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