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Can you share AirTag location with family?

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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Posted on Jun 10, 2021 7:10 AM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2021 9:31 AM

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.

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Jan 10, 2022 6:39 PM in response to turingtest2

I think you miss the point. Sharing is not just desirable -- it's mission critical.


If i am incommunicado (in court, say) and my wife is looking for our dog, she has no way to make use of its tag until I again get access to my cell phone. Might be many hours. If I'm on a flight to Europe, perhaps 12 hours or more.


Apple needs to allow tag owners to share their tags with whomever they wish. The usefulness of the tag is greatly reduced or even eliminated by the lack of sharing. The alternatives are to tag everything twice at $50 per instance, or simply use Tile.

Jan 10, 2022 9:26 PM in response to turingtest2

I am not sure you understand the problem. Family sharing isn't a "nice to have feature". Right now, if my wife borrows my car and misplaces the keys, she cannot locate them because she is not me. What is worse, she is constantly barraged with "there is a Airtag following you" warning message that she cannot permanently dismiss. It is more than an annoyance, it is worth moving back to Tile to avoid.

Jan 14, 2022 6:59 PM in response to hwp0455

I just want to say I purchased an Ebike and an Air Tag as the most reasonable form of tracking. It has taken me hours to realize, hours, that I cannot associate the air tag with a friend or family member so they can specifically track it. This would be so incredible to assist me in case the bike was stolen if i had all set up. They would be able to trrack the bike (air tag) like I can and support. All they can do is watch me looking for it. Seems like an oversight on the part of apple to not integrate this for each separate device or there were privacy concerns. I don't know. I wish youtubers, or apple would make it clear that air tags can not be location shared with friends/ family. Only your networked phone.


Now, i have not declared my air tag missing so. im unfamiliar with how that will help in a search attempt for the bike. Come on apple, you are awesome, kick it up a notch and be super awesome. Thank you

Jan 14, 2022 7:59 PM in response to iheartappleexcept

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.

Jan 24, 2022 8:05 PM in response to saracup

This problem gets worse and worse. Another issue I’ve discovered is if you use these AirTags for your pets and go out of town they start to randomly beep and make noises after a couple days. If they don’t connect via Bluetooth with a device with the Apple ID that registered it they start making noises that freaked my dogs out. Had to take them off their collars until I could get back into Bluetooth range.


These **** things are useless.

Jan 25, 2022 5:31 AM in response to hwp0455

Come on Apple!! Who did you talk to before making a decision to not share AirTags? My Queen and I have been married going on 50 years now… we are in that mode where we spend a lot of time looking… for each other’s stuff… keys, phone yada yada yada! The AirTags looked to be a perfect solution… I purchased 8… now I find I can’t share with the Queen… give US a break!! I’m a huge Apple fan… Card, Phones, iPads, AirPods, Mac’s, Music… great products and services. Fix this glitch ASAP! Thank YOU! Note… in the future we may be tagging each other… and the kids will have to find us… A new Apple Entertainment feature…. Find Your Parents… 😂

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