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Why is my AirTag late updating its location?

i wanna ask why my airtag is very late updating location?


Can you please help me fix .Thank you


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iPhone 6s, iOS 14

Posted on Aug 31, 2023 2:06 PM

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Posted on Aug 31, 2023 2:30 PM

One possibility: AirTags’ locations are updated when within range of an Apple device that can relay the position; within approximately 10 meters. AirTags that are isolated from the rest of the Apple network and from nearby Apple devices cannot report positioning info.


Also: If you are running iOS 14 with an iPhone 6s, I would encourage updating the iPhone 6s to iOS 15; to the last supported version for that iPhone.

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Aug 31, 2023 2:30 PM in response to 2020_mohammed

One possibility: AirTags’ locations are updated when within range of an Apple device that can relay the position; within approximately 10 meters. AirTags that are isolated from the rest of the Apple network and from nearby Apple devices cannot report positioning info.


Also: If you are running iOS 14 with an iPhone 6s, I would encourage updating the iPhone 6s to iOS 15; to the last supported version for that iPhone.

Aug 31, 2023 2:56 PM in response to 2020_mohammed

Also AirTags are very low power devices.


They only transmit their beacon intermittently to save power.


Their position is only reported to the FindMy network when (if) that intermittent beacon is received by another nearby iPhone.


I’ve seen nothing official, but anecdotal experiences seem to indicate that the beacon transmits about every 10 minutes; although there may be other governing factors involved as well.


Remember: AirTags are designed to find your objects which are inadvertently misplaced or left-behind. These would therefore generally be non-moving objects.

Why is my AirTag late updating its location?

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