Apple’s subsequent AirTag is coming in 2025 with privateness enhancements

It’s been just a few years since Apple first launched the AirTag, and whereas the tracker has undoubtedly develop into a helpful on a regular basis instrument for lots of consumers, there have additionally been issues — and — over misuses of the system as reviews of AirTag stalking have come to mild. With all of this in thoughts, Apple is reportedly constructing some privateness enhancements into its subsequent AirTag. Particularly, it’ll be extra tamper-proof, Mark Gurman reviews on this week’s publication.

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