Apple Might Launch its Location Tracking Device by the End of the Year

Following months of speculations, Apple might launch its location ultra-wideband trackers by the end of the year.

According to reports, the company seems to  have produced tens of millions of the device tentatively called ‘AirTags’ or ‘Apple Tags.’

The making of the Apple Tags/AirTags was leaked by a number of media outlets last year. The leak showed images of a Bluetooth tracker similar to Tile devices that would use the same ultra-wideband radios as Apple’s newest iPhone 11 phones and could be paired to a user’s iCloud account.

According to 9to5Mac, the tags would make it easier to track lost items, like keys, via the Find My app, and would use the Offline Finding capabilities introduced in iOS 13.  

Previous Apple Tags rumours by media outlets revealed :

• The Tags will be circular discs

• The Tags will likely be fitted with Apple’s new U1 locator chip that’s already in the iPhone 11
• 3D balloons will provide the visual cues to pinpoint the location of lost items, likely via an AR interface. “Walk around several feet and move your iPhone up and down until a balloon comes into view,” according to a string of code in the internal iOS 13 build.

Apple has not given the exact time the tags will be available but it’s possible that they could be released during the September iPhone event.