Apple will launch its new AirTag model in mid-2025, which will come with more range and privacy improvements Apple is preparing the launch of its new AirTag model for mid-2025, which will include improvements such as greater range, a chip improved wireless and advances in privacy, as its design will make it difficult to disable the device’s speaker.
The technology company launched AirTags, designed for locate objects such as backpacks, keys or walletsin the year 2021. It is a tool that, thanks to Apple’s U1 chip, oroffers tracking capabilities using ultra-wideband technology.
However, as announced in May of this year, Apple is currently working on the new version of the AirTag, codenamed B589, which plans to launch “in the middle of next year” in order to introduce improvements in tracking and tracing.
In this sense, the new AirTag has “advanced in manufacturing tests”, and three improvements have been integrated into its capabilities, including greater range, an improved wireless chip and advances in privacy.
This has been detailed by sources related to the technology in statements to Bloomberg analyst and journalist, Mark Gurman, who have also assured that the new AirTag will have a similar appearance to the current model, as shared in their latest newsletter ‘Power On’.
Specifically, regarding privacy improvements, Gurman has referred to the fact that some users have used the device as a tool to monitor the location of people without their knowledge, deactivating the speaker that integrates the AirTag to notify users if it is being used. in a hidden way.
To avoid this malicious use, The new AirTag has been specifically designed to make it more difficult to disable the device’s built-in speaker. These privacy improvements are part of Apple’s commitment to making the tracking device “more tamper-proof,” according to the analyst.
In fact, the technology company also announced in May the launch of the new industrial specification for ‘Detection of unwanted location trackers’, developed together with Google. With this, the system (iOS and Android) will alert users when the use of unknown Bluetooth tracking devices, such as AirTags, is identified in order to mitigate misuse.
Although the company has not commented on the price, it is expected that the price will not change and in any case it will be the first generation of AirTags that will lower the price. At the moment You can buy one for 39 euros, and if you want to get the pack of four the price rises to 129 euros.
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