I have a couple different AirTags and none of them update for hours. I’ve asked other people that use AirTags and they all have the same issue so do these AirTags actually work? My batteries are fine and I’ve turned my phone, Bluetooth and WiFi on and off.
iPhone 13, iOS 17
Since you asked: Yes, I have four of them and they all work, and all were purchased about 18 months ago. Two, so far, required a battery replacement, but nothing else.
As Rudegar has already mentioned, when your AirTag is outside the Bluetooth range (~30-40') of your iPhone, it will use the Apple Find My network. That network consists of literally millions of other iPhones. If one of those get within Bluetooth range of your tag, it will receive the tag's ID, and then, send it along with the phone's GPS location, to the Apple servers over an Internet connection. In turn, this is where the Find My app on your phone gets these updated locations from.
I have 5 they work fine
mind you if they are further away from your phone than around 30meters or somebody else with an iphone and bluetooth enabled then they are dead in the water, bluetooth is their only means of communication
I just have 2 and yes they both work. Used one to track my lost luggage at an airport. Luckily there were lots of iPhones nearby that were able to update the location.
Does anyone have an AirTag that actually works?
