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AirTag Tracking from “Home”

Is there a way to designate a specific Apple device as being “home” and have the AirTag located relative to it using other Apple devices?

iPad Air 3, iPadOS 14

Posted on Jul 3, 2022 9:04 PM

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Posted on Jul 4, 2022 7:49 AM

AirTag - Apple

AirTags gets its location from nearby devices (including Apple devices from others).

Your AirTag sends out a secure Bluetooth signal that can be detected by nearby devices in the Find My network. These devices send the location of your AirTag to iCloud — then you can go to the Find My app and see it on a map.


The location is retrievable through the matching Apple ID account – not from a specific device per se.


‘Precision Finding’ allows a modern iPhone (not iPad) to locate nearby AirTags with an arrow and distance.

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Jul 4, 2022 7:49 AM in response to Starfleet_Distillery

AirTag - Apple

AirTags gets its location from nearby devices (including Apple devices from others).

Your AirTag sends out a secure Bluetooth signal that can be detected by nearby devices in the Find My network. These devices send the location of your AirTag to iCloud — then you can go to the Find My app and see it on a map.


The location is retrievable through the matching Apple ID account – not from a specific device per se.


‘Precision Finding’ allows a modern iPhone (not iPad) to locate nearby AirTags with an arrow and distance.

AirTag Tracking from “Home”

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