airtag not moving

Just to be sure I understand. You placed the Apple AirTag inside her wallet ... correct? You are not referring to the Apple Wallet, that you would attach to an iPhone ... correct?

The AirTag relies on Bluetooth, not GPS. As such, it participates with the Apple Find My Network. That network is comprised of either your iPhone, or any other iPhone within the Bluetooth range of the AirTag. The tag's Bluetooth beacon sends out its location information once every 3-5 minutes. Should an iPhone nearby receive that beacon signal, AND that phone has a connection to the Internet, it will relay that to the Apple servers. This is where you would "see" it with the Find My app on your phone.

As you can see, all of these conditions may not be met simultaneously, and potentially why you are seeing what your getting.

As far as her sharing your AirTag, she must be 13 or older and with her own Apple ID.

pwfromwa wrote:

To clarify, are you saying that if an employee for example has iPhone and is connected to Bluetooth, etc, the tag would show with them?

Potentially, yes ... but as a potential "warning" that an AirTag is nearby. In addition, when an AirTag is separated from its host iPhone (the one you orginally paired it with), it will start beeping. This typically happens anywhere from 6 to 24 hrs after separation. You may have come across reading about a teacher, where the student had an AirTag in their backpack, placed by a concerned parent, is discovered because of the beeping.

The bottom line? The AirTag is designed to help recover a misplaced or lost item, not for tracking. If you are concerned that your daughter may misplace her wallet, she would be better off with her own AirTag ... assuming that she also has her own iPhone to pair it with.