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Title: Does Apple opening up Find My make AirTags less compelling? Post by: HCK on January 12, 2021, 04:05:18 pm Does Apple opening up Find My make AirTags less compelling?
It might. But then, it might not. If you saw today's announcement of the Belkin Soundform Freedom True Wireless Earbuds you might have been forgiven for thinking that this was just another pair of things to shove in your ears. And they are. But they're also the first third-party accessory that supports Apple's Find My app. The ability to have third-party devices tie into Find My was first announced alongside iOS 14 at WWDC20, but it's taken until today for anything to be announced that takes advantage of that fact. With Belkin's new earbuds now on board, the Find My app is set for a new dawn. One that includes more than your iPhone, iPad, and other Apple-branded kit. Now, anyone with the Soundform Freedom earbuds will be able to find them whenever they lose them. That's cool, but where does it leave AirTags? Now, sure. AirTags have little to do with earbuds, but Belkin's offering is surely just the thin edge of the wedge here. There's little, presumably, from stopping Tile from jo... Source: Does Apple opening up Find My make AirTags less compelling? (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/LKJjCKzz5xc/does-apple-opening-find-my-make-airtags-less-compelling) |