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Android phones aren't being used to report the location of the AirTag so there's no point.
by coob 5y ago
Android phones aren't being used to report the location of the AirTag so there's no point.
- cure 5y agoBut any other nearby iPhone is...
- fervor 5y agoLol
- rtkwe 5y agoExcept the tag is still being tracked by any iPhones it drives/travels near so it still functions as a tracker just slightly more intermittently.
- zeroxfe 5y agoI don't understand this. Of course there's a point -- if there's an AirTag following me around, I'd like to know. Having an Android app just for that would be really useful (and not so hard to build.)
- pwinnski 5y agoThere are non-Apple-branded tracking devices available, have been for many years. Does each manufacturer of those also owe you an Android app?
- mcphage 5y ago> Does each manufacturer of those also owe you an Android app? Yeah, probably.
- skinnymuch 5y agoWhat about people who don’t have smartphones or people with old smart phone OSes like Symbian? Doesn’t seem feasible to maintain a dozen apps like WhatsApp used to have. Maybe still has? Across many platforms.
- mcphage 5y ago> What about people who don’t have smartphones or people with old smart phone OSes like Symbian? Doesn’t seem feasible to maintain a dozen apps like WhatsApp used to have. Well, if you're a company that manufactures a product that can be used for spying on people, and you want to make clear that the intended use isn't for spying on people, then I guess you need to ask how badly you want to make clear that it's not a technology for spying on people. In the case if your specific questions, if you don't have a phone with BTLE, then your phone probably can't detect it.
- wongarsu 5y agoBefore AirTags these devices were somewhat obscure, and without the ability to have their location broadcast by a network of smartphones either a lot bulkier or a lot less capable. Apple widely advertised theirs, turning them from something you see in Breaking Bad to something you buy in the mall. I think it's completely fair to single Apple out here.
- skinnymuch 5y agoWouldn’t this logic extend? So a person who wants to track you because they heard about this has a good chance of hearing of the beeping and alerts. So then they get a different tracker that doesn’t alert you.
- volta83 5y agoWut. If you are an Android user, and I put an AirTag on you, your phone won't report the location on the tag. But every apple product that gets close to you will report your location.
- mrweasel 5y agoWow, I did not think of that. Owning an iPhone is the only way for Apple to alert you that you’re being tracked. The solution is correct, inform a user that they’re being followed by an AirTag. But if the platform isn’t opened you risk having to install half a dusin app from different tracking devices, to be informed that you’re being followed.
- poglet 5y ago“Owning an iPhone is the only way for Apple to alert you that you’re being tracked.” Doesn’t it also beep?