Notify when left behind on AirTag takes too long to send me a notification. I would be well away from home (around 20mins) when I eventually receive a notification.

Hi Okmshh,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We understand that you're having an issue with the Left Behind alerts for your AirTag. We'd like to help.

Which device is your AirTag connected to? Which iOS is it running? Head to Settings > General > About to confirm. Then, tell us more about these alerts. Are you noticing the delay in the notification only when you leave your AirTag at home? This will help isolate the issue.

Check to make sure you're AirTag is set up correctly following these steps:

Set separation alerts in case you leave an AirTag or item behind in Find My on iPhone

Let us know and we'll continue from there.

Take care!

Try resetting the AirTag. You also need to make sure that you have device sharing setup. Check this link for the User Guide. Set separation alerts in case you leave an AirTag or item behind in Find My on iPhone - Apple Support

I've not seen one take that much time, but I don't have a notification appear often, since the only things that I have the tags on are my work backpack and my car keys, and both of them have an exception for home.

Is Home setup as an Exception location? I have my backup with an AirTag, however home is setup as an exception, so if I leave the backpack at home, which I do unless I'm going to work, it does not notify me. I have found when I took it to my son's house for a weekend out of town since I still had a little work to do, we went out to lunch, and it notified me within a couple of minutes saying it had been left at his house.

Okmshh,

Got it. We appreciate the confirmation of the set up and iOS version.

It may be helpful to Contact Apple Support to have them look into this further with you since it's already set up correctly.

Have a great day!

Alright, then you do not have any exceptions setup for it at all? What do you see when you lookup the AirTag in Find My? How do you know it would take you 20 minutes to get a notification? Did you leave the AirTag and then leave with your iPhone? Like I said, I generally see it occur within a couple of minutes.