Apple’s subsequent AirTag is coming in 2025 with...

It’s been a couple of years since Apple first launched the AirTag, and whereas the tracker has undoubtedly turn out to be a helpful on a regular basis software for lots of consumers, there have additionally been considerations — and — over misuses of the gadget as studies of AirTag stalking have come to mild. With all of this in thoughts, Apple is reportedly constructing some privateness enhancements into its subsequent AirTag. Specifically, it’ll be extra tamper-proof, Mark Gurman studies on this week’s e-newsletter.

The second-generation AirTag, which Gurman studies is anticipated to be launched mid-next yr, can be made so it’s tougher to take away the speaker, he writes. Apple has applied features to curb unwanted tracking, together with sound alerts that can let an individual know there’s an unknown AirTag of their neighborhood, however it’s nonetheless comparatively simple to take away the speaker, which might make it much less noticeable. On prime of the privateness tweaks, the brand new AirTag may even convey upgrades to vary and the onboard wi-fi chip, based on Gurman. However looks-wise, it shouldn’t be a lot totally different from the AirTag we’re used to.