i don't think the airtag uses a mesh network per say. it's more like someone elses phone sees an airtag and reports the phone's gps position/timestamp/airtagid

i don't think the airtag uses a mesh network per say. it's more like someone elses phone sees an airtag and reports the phone's gps position/timestamp/airtagid back to apple over whatever data connection it has. That's certainly how 'Tile' works. It's not like it's hopping phone to phone to get back to you.