I purchased some airtags to put onto many things, I am wanting to share the family members like we do for location but I cannot find where to share. Please help
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It is a bit ridiculous that these can't be shared with family members or just shared like you share your location in Find My with friends.
I have a tag on our on dog, but my wife and my daughter can't track him. That's pretty sad. Do we need to add three AirTags on my dog's collar so we can all track him? LoL.
CrystalP61 wrote: "I would like to bring this up again. An AirTag sharing feature would help us with our dog, suitcases and other things…"
We're just users; bring it up with Apple here:
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You cannot.
Click on this link to find out 'How to reset your AirTag' --> How to reset your AirTag - Apple Support
"An AirTag can be associated with one Apple ID. If you want to use an AirTag that someone else has used, they need to remove the AirTag from their Apple ID first. If the previous user removed the AirTag from their Apple ID but they were out of Bluetooth range of the AirTag, then you need to reset it before you can use it with your devices.
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?
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:
Vissza wrote:
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
Tell Apple:
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:
israld wrote:
I would be fine if Apple wanted to limit sharing to those who are in your iCloud Family, but please give us SOME ability to share locations!!
Tell Apple:
The more people who do, the more likely Apple is to consider it.
Re: “… All location data is already collected in a database …”
Correct …
BUT at present … all AirTag location data in that database is encrypted using the Public Key held in the Airtag.
And ONLY the Trusted Devices of the paired AppleID hold the corresponding Private Key needed to decrypt the location pulled from the database.
Apple can’t read it, nor can the relaying devices - which actually provide the location data AND perform the encryption - read it.
See more detail on the “workings” here:
Using Find My to locate missing Apple devices – Apple Support (AU)
slajerek wrote:
Not being able to share AirTag with my wife is utterly ridiculous. And thus I always receive warning that my wife's AirTag is traveling with me. This is literally a BUG, problem that must be fixed.
Tell Apple:
I see two options here. I might be wrong, so others can correct me as needed. One option might be better than the other. I’m replying as my dad died from Alzheimer’s complications, and some replies mentioned this.
If you register the AirTag to your “Apple Family member”, and then place it with them for example in a Book Bag, or keychain.
Who can track? Well the family member with the tag can track it. Also the “Organizer” of the Apple Family may track it, this might be you. Where does it show up? In the “Items” tab of Find My. This is what makes it the better option as the AirTag may be tracked by two people.
From time to time any AirTag might notify someone else “traveling with them” in “close enough” proximity, for “long enough”.
Here’s the example
3 people (A, B, and C) with iPhones in a High School Bus with 2 AirTags registered, one to a person (A) in the bus and another to your family member (B), also in the bus. At “some point” person C in the bus may be notified of 2 AirTags close by, not registered to them.
Option 2 is the not as good option: simply for a person to register an AirTag to themselves, and to place it with a family member with their consent. This AirTag is visible to the registrant, but no-one else. Everyone else just gets the notifications at some point.
Lastly I’m wondering this fall just how many notifications will go off on long high school bus rides in wealthy school districts.
Suggestions, corrections and questions always welcome.
Hope this helps, Chris.
Same here that we have the AirTag on our dog. I just submitted feedback to Apple and hope others do too.
Jill
That is the only explanation for not allowing family or friends to not also have authorization to track an air tag, to sell more air tags. I have this exact same issue with our dog. Fix this Apple.
Not being able to share AirTag with my wife is utterly ridiculous. And thus I always receive warning that my wife's AirTag is traveling with me. This is literally a BUG, problem that must be fixed.
It is now possible with iOS17. Very needed feature indeed!
I bought these for my family for safety and the ability to locate keys and my teens when driving. It seems like a waste if I can only see my keys' location and not the rest of my families. We share all of our apple service and products and this makes no sense. Apple please update this to include family sharing.
Exactly the same situation we have
if I'm abroad my wife and daughter can't find our cats
apple can't realistically suggest each cst / set of car keys etc should have 3 tags
how come we can all track each other's phones, macs, earbuds etc but not a tag which is designed to be tracked - in fact - it is it's only purpose
why doesn't Apple respond to these questions
Can you share AirTag location with family?
