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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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673 points dmd | 1 comments | 18 Dec 24 18:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.234s | source
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amelius ◴[19 Dec 24 22:07 UTC] No.42466204[source]▶
Why can't the AirTag simply report its battery status and warn the user e.g. through a nearby iPhone?

This is another case of bad UX by a company praised for its great "product design skills".

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1. joefitzgerald ◴[19 Dec 24 22:11 UTC] No.42466239[source]▶
> Why can't the AirTag simply report its battery status and warn the user e.g. through a nearby iPhone?

This is precisely how an AirTag works. It reports its battery status[1] via a notification to the user on an iPhone.

[1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102600