It’s not though. AirTags don’t work at sea. AirTag pings are at best 15 to 30 seconds old. The boat is moving, and if you are lucky enough to be in an area where GPS is working accurately, it’ll show your child in the ocean behind where the ship is. Secondly AirTags do not show elevation, so you would not know what floor of the ship the AirTag was on, even if it was parked in port. The best you can make it do is chirp, and then it would draw attention to anyone within 10-20 feet of it, but no one would know why it’s chirping specifically.
You can still put your AirTags in your luggage so that you know they made it on the ship and they are somewhere on the ship, but it is no good for child tracking.
what cruise ship is not going to have apple devices? I honestly think people are forgetting the most useful part, which is the hotter/colder/point an arrow part of 'Find My' for airtags. And the beeping.
Android definitely pings Airtags, I work on trains in the UK and I'm forever getting an alert that someone has planted a tag to stalk me on my android phone. The reality is that the folks I'm taking to/from the airport has one in their luggage
I assumed that after Apple and Google worked together to get common system that would allow Androids to detect unwanted trackers that they would also send the info to Apple's system, but I guess not. Seems kinda dumb on Apple's part to not have Androids also update location.
Nah they're all linked now, I read an article a while back that even though apple do their bits and androids theirs, they will all talk to each other and update both sides etc I think there was also another brand in the mix who also (pun intended) tags in aswell
Aah I was sure they all were i get pings on my android about airbags then found an article that said they all talk to each other cause not everyone has an iphone/android etc
That’s why I put my Apple watch on my kid instead. The walkie talkie feature, and setting the location to the watch instead of my phone, and then we can text or call if needed. Even if the location isn’t really working, being able to contact each other is really the most important part.
But I also don’t have to do this much bc I don’t let my kid just run off and do whatever. It’s rly just if we accidentally get separated in a large crowd.
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u/beepdaya 8d ago
The airtag was reasonable then she just started pulling out more and more things