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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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673 points dmd | 3 comments | 18 Dec 24 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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saturn8601 ◴[19 Dec 24 04:24 UTC] No.42458417[source]▶
Any chance that the AirTag could have a software memory leak that would normally be masked by cutting power once a year? Its possible right? The code must be written in something low level like C.

Would be kinda funny if 10 years from now the author gets his stuff stolen again and then discovers said memory leak crashed the Airtag 9 years ago. As Elon Musk likes to say: "The most ironic outcome is the most likely" . (OP I hope your stuff does not get stolen again, its just a joke)

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smileybarry ◴[19 Dec 24 15:55 UTC] No.42462651[source]▶
AirTags get updates regularly, so they'd probably get power-cycled sooner than that.
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1. kube-system ◴[19 Dec 24 19:19 UTC] No.42464796[source]▶
They're not being updated any more frequently than they are already reporting their battery status, are they?
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2. unsnap_biceps ◴[19 Dec 24 20:47 UTC] No.42465566[source]▶
I would presume the battery status is sent as part of the beacon, firmware is updated only when the phone is locked and charging in range of the tag.
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3. kube-system ◴[19 Dec 24 21:45 UTC] No.42466019[source]▶
I believe that's correct. I get low battery notifications when I am out of range of mine, I think.