Can you share AirTag location with family?

I’m running into this same issue. I bought a 4 pack for my fiancé and I for Christmas but now I’m realizing they will be useless to us as we share a lot of the things we would use them for as well. Probably will need to return them and go to tile as well if an update doesn’t happen ASAP.

iMeRSG wrote:

Really need to be able to make apple air tag location shareable.

There a lot of uses for items that need to be tracked by more than one person. Kids, pets, keys…

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Adding my voice to the chorus. Yes, this is a real problem, not just a "nice to have". Not only can my wife not independantly find my keys if I am not around, but when uses the car she gets alerts that she is being followed. Yes, I know you can mute the alerts, but the user experience on these is severely diminished because of this. Clearly, this was spec'ed and tested by single people.

I really like the way it allows me to find my stuff, but I have decided to keep my Tiles on the keychain also in case she needs them. If apple hasn't fixed this by the time the one of them runs out of batteries, I am ditching the Airtags and going back to Tile.

While I agree sharing is desirable in an actual search situation it doesn't really matter how many devices you have that can access your Find My Items screen, one is enough. It isn't a question of getting your devices into Bluetooth range, every Apple device that has Find My active has the potential to see an AirTag and update its location. When that update happens it is visible to your account.

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kgbops wrote:

Apple please provide a share feature for family members in your next update.

This is a user-to-user forum. Apple doesn't read here for suggestions or feedback. However, you can let them know your thoughts here:

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Problem is, Apple doesn't listen to us here and all we get is a link where our feedback is received and who knows what happens with it as nobody will respond to our feedback there either. I can see people addressing the AirTag not being able to be shared every single day. It is time that Apple responds to us customers and gives US feedback and tells us what they plan to do about this.

Has anyone thought of registering a new Apple ID to use as a sharing tool for AirTag? Just share the Apple ID and pe with whom you want to share the location of an AirTag, find my allows alternate Apple ID to be signed into to find lost products

Unacceptable that you cannot share. My wife has her airtag key fob on her key, I have one on my wallet. When we're driving together she gets the alerts that an "airtag is travelling with you". Annoying, had I known of this limitation, I wouldn't have purchased them.

I'm still within the Amazon 30 return window, I just might and go back to Tile.

This is certainly one of the more entertaining hypotheticals.

But sticking to the facts ... without your phone being present and online:

The AirTag will intermittently "beep" while it's being moved ...

... and would also show-up as "Unrecognized Air Tag Traveling with You" on the kidnapper's iPhones.

And if the kidnappers don't have iPhones or other "cooperating" Apple devices ... the AirTag can't be tracked at all.

AirTags are to find "stuff" you misplace ...

... they are NOT intended or even designed to track individuals and should NEVER be used for any sort of "life safety" monitoring,.

I think we all understand what Airtags can and can’t do.

A fewer number understand why it’s the way it is … at least for the present … but that’s largely irrelevant to paragraph 1 above.

Returning the product for a full refund - within the 14-day window - is the current remedy if the product doesn’t meet one’s needs or expectations.

Apple definitely needs to make AirTags shareable with other people. Their excuse that “they are assigned to a specific Apple ID” is such BS because you can share the location of other Apple devices with whoever you choose.

A tag can’t report itself to the wireless network.

In fact a tag hasn’t a clue as to where it is.

There must be a relaying device (e.g. iPhone) in fairly close proximity to detect the tag, determine it’s own position, and relay both to Apple.

I only hope that your dogs don’t become neurotic from the incessant tag beeping when your own devices are not nearby.

Same here. We use AirTags on our cats. The tags are registered with my wife's Apple ID, so it's a pain when she leaves on a business trip. Can't believe Apple missed the boat on such a trivial feature.

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

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

So my family can see literally everything from my iPhone to my AirPods but can not see my AirTags!

This doesn't make any sense!

We put these nowadays in our pets or little kids to check on them in kindergarten and it is important to check on them by the family members

Hope Apple change this to be shared with family members!