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This is amazing. I love Apple AirTags but they are so bulky and an odd shape. I would love a AirTag the shape of a credit card to go into my wallet. I would l

This is amazing. I love Apple AirTags but they are so bulky and an odd shape. I would love a AirTag the shape of a credit card to go into my wallet. I would love a smaller AirTag to go on my cats collar.

sodality2 2y ago
They make super-thin AirTag compatible cards that fit in wallets.
- heywire 2y ago
  I’ve even seen some wallets with built in “Find My” support.
  - BuildTheRobots 2y ago
    Kindle cover would be extremely useful.
    - monocularvision 2y ago
      A Kindle or cover with Find My support would make my wife overflow with happiness.
      - denysvitali 2y ago
        Take a cover, place inside a credit-card sized airtag
    - namibj 2y ago
      I wish me a budget 10000 mAh size "phone slab format/shape" power bank with like 18W output at 9~12V kind of "fast charge" style, and a built in Google air tag. They already have a button and a battery and a case; only need to add the BLE and the Google-mandated buzzer. I'd pay 5 bucks more than for the competition without the integrated tracker. That should easily cover the cost, right?
- layer8 2y ago
  The ones I’ve seen don’t have precision finding, but yes. Some even have wireless charging.
  - omnimus 2y ago
    Only Apple Airtags have precision finding. I assume because its something not allowed to third parties.
latchkey 2y ago
Use this for my dog, it is super minimal... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09DCVFNFF/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09DCVFNFF/ Only thing is that I found that I needed to wrap the airtag itself with some clear tape to keep it from twisting itself out of the holder.
- bookofjoe 2y ago
  for my cat: https://imgur.com/a/r9EGSOc https://imgur.com/a/r9EGSOc
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rahimnathwani 2y ago
You can buy third party "Find My" compatible tags for about $5 from Temu or Aliexpress. Although they're about the same size as regular Airtags, they're: - easier to take apart (if you want discard the casing), and - cheaper I took one of the ones I have out of its casing to see what could be made thinner, and I found that most of the thickness was due to: - The batter holder (CR2032) - The speaker - The button The speaker and button could probably be dispensed with after initial setup. The battery holder could be removed, and the power supplied from the side instead of the top (if you want a thin card-like form factor).
- Havoc 2y ago
  Guessing those are missing ultra wide band? Seems doubtful to me that someone implemented all three frequencies at 5 bucks
  - ceejayoz 2y ago
    How much do you think a $20 AirTag costs to actually manufacture?
    - stavros 2y ago
      I don't know how much it costs to manufacture, but nobody is selling a UWB tag for $5. For $5, you only get BLE.
      - ceejayoz 2y ago
        I certainly can't claim to have ordered and received one, but there are absolutely $5 UWB devices for sale on AliExpress, and that's before any bulk discount. If Apple sells them for $20 it's highly likely some random Chinese seller can make money at $5.
        stavros 2y ago
        Can you link me to one? I haven't found any of those.
bookofjoe 2y ago
Here's my 8.5 lb calico cat with the AirTag* she's had on her collar since she was a 3-month old kitten: https://imgur.com/a/r9EGSOc https://imgur.com/a/r9EGSOc *Photo taken a moment ago with Meta Stories glasses
- Alive-in-2025 2y ago
  Kind of a weird flex by mentioning the meta glasses. Nice looking cat * Wrote this on my cell phone. ;-)
  - bookofjoe 2y ago
    >Kind of a weird flex — I love this! So HN. Because once when I posted an imgur photo here with no camera provenance, a commenter asked "What camera was used to take that photo? FunFact: it's MUCH easier to take a photo of your cat with glasses than a phone — hands-free is the future IMHO
    - Alive-in-2025 2y ago
      You can't win with people complaining on hacker news ;-) I was just thinking of the old days when iphones first came out and so many people added them to their signatures "sent from an iphone" or something. It's all cool.
      - bookofjoe 2y ago
        Re: signatures "Sent from my iPhone" and "Sent from my iPad": those are the Apple defaults; you have to go into Settings and change them if you want to not have them appear at the end of every email. When the devices first came out people who were early adopters liked to use them as a sign of how cool and hip they were: I know many such individuals. Nowadays most people I'm related to and friends STILL have those defaults in place because they don't realize they can get rid of them. You can always tell a non-techie by the fact those defaults are still there.

sodality2 2y ago

They make super-thin AirTag compatible cards that fit in wallets.

heywire 2y ago
I’ve even seen some wallets with built in “Find My” support.
- BuildTheRobots 2y ago
  Kindle cover would be extremely useful.
  - monocularvision 2y ago
    A Kindle or cover with Find My support would make my wife overflow with happiness.
    - denysvitali 2y ago
      Take a cover, place inside a credit-card sized airtag
  - namibj 2y ago
    I wish me a budget 10000 mAh size "phone slab format/shape" power bank with like 18W output at 9~12V kind of "fast charge" style, and a built in Google air tag. They already have a button and a battery and a case; only need to add the BLE and the Google-mandated buzzer. I'd pay 5 bucks more than for the competition without the integrated tracker. That should easily cover the cost, right?
layer8 2y ago
The ones I’ve seen don’t have precision finding, but yes. Some even have wireless charging.
- omnimus 2y ago
  Only Apple Airtags have precision finding. I assume because its something not allowed to third parties.

latchkey 2y ago

Use this for my dog, it is super minimal... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09DCVFNFF/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09DCVFNFF/ Only thing is that I found that I needed to wrap the airtag itself with some clear tape to keep it from twisting itself out of the holder.

bookofjoe 2y ago
for my cat: https://imgur.com/a/r9EGSOc https://imgur.com/a/r9EGSOc

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rahimnathwani 2y ago

You can buy third party "Find My" compatible tags for about $5 from Temu or Aliexpress. Although they're about the same size as regular Airtags, they're: - easier to take apart (if you want discard the casing), and - cheaper I took one of the ones I have out of its casing to see what could be made thinner, and I found that most of the thickness was due to: - The batter holder (CR2032) - The speaker - The button The speaker and button could probably be dispensed with after initial setup. The battery holder could be removed, and the power supplied from the side instead of the top (if you want a thin card-like form factor).

Havoc 2y ago
Guessing those are missing ultra wide band? Seems doubtful to me that someone implemented all three frequencies at 5 bucks
- ceejayoz 2y ago
  How much do you think a $20 AirTag costs to actually manufacture?
  - stavros 2y ago
    I don't know how much it costs to manufacture, but nobody is selling a UWB tag for $5. For $5, you only get BLE.
    - ceejayoz 2y ago
      I certainly can't claim to have ordered and received one, but there are absolutely $5 UWB devices for sale on AliExpress, and that's before any bulk discount. If Apple sells them for $20 it's highly likely some random Chinese seller can make money at $5.
      - stavros 2y ago
        Can you link me to one? I haven't found any of those.

bookofjoe 2y ago

Here's my 8.5 lb calico cat with the AirTag* she's had on her collar since she was a 3-month old kitten: https://imgur.com/a/r9EGSOc https://imgur.com/a/r9EGSOc *Photo taken a moment ago with Meta Stories glasses

Alive-in-2025 2y ago
Kind of a weird flex by mentioning the meta glasses. Nice looking cat * Wrote this on my cell phone. ;-)
- bookofjoe 2y ago
  >Kind of a weird flex — I love this! So HN. Because once when I posted an imgur photo here with no camera provenance, a commenter asked "What camera was used to take that photo? FunFact: it's MUCH easier to take a photo of your cat with glasses than a phone — hands-free is the future IMHO
  - Alive-in-2025 2y ago
    You can't win with people complaining on hacker news ;-) I was just thinking of the old days when iphones first came out and so many people added them to their signatures "sent from an iphone" or something. It's all cool.
    - bookofjoe 2y ago
      Re: signatures "Sent from my iPhone" and "Sent from my iPad": those are the Apple defaults; you have to go into Settings and change them if you want to not have them appear at the end of every email. When the devices first came out people who were early adopters liked to use them as a sign of how cool and hip they were: I know many such individuals. Nowadays most people I'm related to and friends STILL have those defaults in place because they don't realize they can get rid of them. You can always tell a non-techie by the fact those defaults are still there.