Sharing AirTags with iOS17
Can someone confirm whether Apple is now allowing shareable AirTags when both devices are iOS17 and you're in family sharing mode for your other devices?
AirTag
Can someone confirm whether Apple is now allowing shareable AirTags when both devices are iOS17 and you're in family sharing mode for your other devices?
AirTag
With iOS 17, AirTag can be shared with up to five other people, allowing friends and family to keep track of an item in Find My. Everyone in a group will be able to see an item's location, play a sound, and use Precision Finding to help pinpoint the location of a shared AirTag when nearby
I should have said I'm still getting an error message that states I cannot share with that contact. No matter who I choose (random number, email, or part of my family), it does not work. Has there been any confirmation it is working in iOS17? What you posted is the generic directions - which I appreciate. But I'm looking for someone who can state it has worked and how they got it to work.
I don't see that iOS 17 has yet been released, though it is due out sometime today. Are you using a beta version?
It was released at 1ET. I had the public beta version, but I’m trying to do this again, now, at 3:25pm ET
Hopefully, the final release version will work for you. Also, now that more people are actually using iOS 17, you may be able to find out more about other people's experiences.
Also updated to iOS 17 today and I’m getting the same error. It seems like AirTag share isn’t fully enabled by Apple at this time.
Thanks for confirming. I’m sure we’re part of several million who have the same question and issue. Hopefully, they will get this fixed in an update soon. I will reply back to this thread when it works. I would appreciate the same of you or anyone else. 😁
Same here mate, I’m in the UK, downloaded IOS17 as soon as it was available, so 6PM yesterday, i told my son who’s 30 miles away to download and install IOS17, I’m using 13 Pro Max, he’s using the regular 13, and i get the exact same message “sharing failed, This AirTag couldn’t be shared due to an unexpected error, please remove this person and try sharing this AirTag again”
Really annoying as this was the main thing i was waiting on 😂
I can confirm, iOS 17, the share AirTag option does not work. My wife and I are both on iOS 17 stable and does not work. We've power cycled our phones and AppleID accounts.
This was the first feature we tried in iOS 17. She's been waiting for this since AirTags came out.
Have you got an iPad you can try and share them from? I had this problem this morning trying to share an AirTag to my son. I was doing it through my phone, then I tried through my iPad Pro and it worked that way, if it works, it’ll say “pending”
I just updated an iPad and can confirm it worked.
I had to remove my wife from "Not Sharing". I also could not just select her name in the search, I had to hit the + then find her via Contacts (which is a terrible design in the UI). Once I selected her name in contacts, I used her AppleID email address. She has accepted all shares and can see their location now.
Right. I use my iPad Pro(IOS17) to share my AirTag. It says "Pending" (instead of "Not shared"). After my wife acks it at her iPhone (IOS17), she can now see my shared AirTag
You then need to wait on the other end accepting it. Pending means it’s worked…
I got it to work. But needed to enable iCloud Keychain and Bluetooth. I already had my account using the two factor. I think there's also issues with the type of account you can share with. I tried to share with someone who wasn't signed in for iCloud and it didn't work until they did.
Yeah, I think I ran into the same thing where a contact didn't appear and I had to look for the specific email address they have signed in for iCloud before the sharing went through.
Sharing AirTags with iOS17