![]() (Image credit: MacRumors) How to detect AirTags if you have no smartphone, or a very old one This isn't an official feature though, and may not go live for some time. Google may be working on its own anti-stalking functionality for Android, based on code found in a new version of Google Play Services. But the anti-stalking changes that Apple has promised for later in 2022 will mostly help iPhone users. Once AirGuard is installed and updated, iPhone and Android users will be on roughly equal footing, at least for the moment. (Apple's own Tracker Detect Android app (opens in new tab) is less useful because it doesn't scan automatically and requires at least Android 9.0 Pie.) AirGuard is compatible with Android 5.0 Lollipop and later, so most Android phones and tablets released after 2012 should support it.ĪirGuard will periodically scan around you and give you the same kind of notifications about rogue Find My devices that iOS 14.5 provides for iPhone users. ![]() If you have an Android phone, download the AirGuard app (opens in new tab) from the Google Play store, install it and turn on Bluetooth. Make sure you can detect AirTags on an Android phone Go into the Find My app on your iPhone or iPad, tap the Me icon in the bottom right, and scroll down to make sure that "Item Safety Alerts" is toggled on. Make sure you've enabled notifications about unknown Find My devices. You'll get notifications only if those devices have been separated from their paired iPhones or iPads and have been following your own iPhone or iPad's movements for a few hours. ![]() If you have an iPhone 6s or later, update your device to the latest possible version of iOS.ĭevices with at least iOS 14.5 installed will receive notifications about nearby AirTags and other devices that use the location services of Apple's Find My network. Make sure you can detect AirTags on an iPhone In the meantime, here's what you can do to make sure someone else's AirTag isn't stalking you. ![]()
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