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It only complains once that the battery is low and never again, I've run into a dead battery when searching for an AirTag multiple times.
by unsnap_biceps 2y ago
It only complains once that the battery is low and never again, I've run into a dead battery when searching for an AirTag multiple times.
- 0898 2y agoI read somewhere that the AirTag doesn’t actually know whether it’s low on battery or not. The alert is just triggered after a preprogrammed time.
- selcuka 2y agoThis is easy to test. Just remove the battery after the warning, then put it back and check if it complains rightaway.
- maratc 2y agoIn my experience with different kinds of batteries, from the cheapest to the more expensive ones, the AirTag holds between 3 and 9 months until it starts warning about battery, so what you’ve read does not line up with my experience.
- jakespencer 2y agoThis has not been my experience. I’ve had multiple AirTags notify me multiple times over a period of months that I needed to change the batteries.
- unsnap_biceps 2y agoSo last week my keys AirTag was dead, and I checked my notifications and I only received one notification in October that it had a low battery, but to be fair, I don't know exactly when it died between October and last week. Maybe my batteries die completely before the second notification triggers.
- hnlmorg 2y agoHow do you check historic notifications?
- unsnap_biceps 2y agoI never dismiss them, so there's a huge pile on my phone.
- dylan604 2y agoMaybe they need an option for people like you called "smoke detector mode" where it starts to annoyingly beep once a minute.
- climb_stealth 2y agoDear god please no. The kind of people who don't notice empty batteries also don't notice the annoying beeps. But I do. Apartment living can be hell when there are neighbours who don't replace their smoke detector batteries. I can't fathom how people can sleep through this loud annoying chirp every thirty seconds. I certainly find it hard and my apartment is far enough away that it's hard to determine where exactly the chirp is coming from. The thought of smoke-detector like beeping of airtags all over the place gives me the worst kind of creeps. Please don't give them ideas! Please!
- dylan604 2y ago