HOW TO Set up and use an AirTag

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ADD AN AIRTAG Take your AirTag out of its packaging, and remove the plastic tab to activate the battery. With Bluetooth and Wi-Fi active on your iPhone, hold the AirTag to it. Click Connect when the pop-up window appears.

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NAME YOUR AIRTAG Choose an identity for this AirTag. Scroll through the names that appear onscreen (eg, Keys), then tap Continue. Or click Custom and type in a name. Again, tap Continue when you’re done.

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REGISTER YOUR AIRTAG The next screen will let you link your AirTag to your Apple ID, and so have it appear in the Find My app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, as well as on iCloud.com. Tap Continue. On the next screen, tap ‘View in Find My app’.

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SEE ITS LOCATION In Find My > Items, you should now see your named AirTag’s location, its name, and four further options: Play Sound, Find, Notifications, and Lost Mode. Tap Play

Sound, and your AirTag will chirp in response.

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FIND A LOST AIRTAG ITEM If you can’t find your keys or any other item with an AirTag attached, tap Find in Find My. On iPhone 11 or iPhone 12, you’ll now see a series of arrows appear on screen that can help guide you to its precise location. Try it!

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ENTER LOST MODE If you can’t find an AirTag item, turn on Notifications to be alerted when it next appears. If you’ve really lost it, tap Lost Mode. This enables anyone with an NFC-equipped device to tap it and get in touch with you.

JARGON BUSTER Ultra-wideband is a low-power, broad bandwidth radio technology that is ideal for location finding, and is used by the U1 chip inside the iPhone 11, iPhone 12, and Apple Watch Series 6.

GENIUS TIP To make your AirTag play an audio alert while using Find My > Find, tap the speaker icon. You should now hopefully hear it chirp up.