This is quite cool. I was wondering how this would work in a small village where I live where there are limited iPhones nearby, but you answered this nicely. Super informative, Kim! 👏
I think this really shows what kind of products you can build at a big company. Without the iPhone being extended enough, this product wouldn’t have been born.
good question, I think having a custom chip and sending only the necessary data is the answer. Probably they adjust the broadcast power based on its movement and proximity of devices.
I don't know if more information is available in the public domain.
This is quite cool. I was wondering how this would work in a small village where I live where there are limited iPhones nearby, but you answered this nicely. Super informative, Kim! 👏
without iPhones or other Apple products nearby, it won't work; I use Moto Tags for Android. Happy to read your comment, Akos.
oh, I didn’t know Android had its own thing for this too. 🙌
I think this really shows what kind of products you can build at a big company. Without the iPhone being extended enough, this product wouldn’t have been born.
true, waiting to get more alternatives for the Android market.
[...] The AirTag broadcasts its public key every 2 seconds over BLE.[...]
I'm wondering how they optimize this to ensure that it does not consumer too much battery.
Thanks for sharing Neo!
good question, I think having a custom chip and sending only the necessary data is the answer. Probably they adjust the broadcast power based on its movement and proximity of devices.
I don't know if more information is available in the public domain.
Doesn't it create legal/ethical problems to move someone's data with another person's phone, without them knowing or consenting about it?
They rotate public keys and the whole data transfer is anonymized + encrypted.
I don't know if opting out from the crowdsourcing network is possible.
Exactly 💯 I'm wondering the same thing. 😐🤔
Can some one else tap that broadcasted public key as an air tag leading to wrong locations for the air tags?