There is a threshold. It won’t complain if you’re 30mins on the train. Or driving 2h with a friend. But it will make a noise if something is following you for the better part of the day. I made up the numbers, it’s been a while since I read how those things are supposed to work. And I think they changed things. AirTags will beep at random intervals like a smoke alarm once they lost sight of their paired iPhone. That’s so other people can find them. And Apple can also see if the paired iPhone is traveling along. So they can make a distinction if someone put a tracker in your backpack, or if it’s in their backpack and they’re sitting with you in the car.
So going to work on the commuter train will be A LOT of buzzing on your phone?
Sounds like there’s more to it than that.
There is a threshold. It won’t complain if you’re 30mins on the train. Or driving 2h with a friend. But it will make a noise if something is following you for the better part of the day. I made up the numbers, it’s been a while since I read how those things are supposed to work. And I think they changed things. AirTags will beep at random intervals like a smoke alarm once they lost sight of their paired iPhone. That’s so other people can find them. And Apple can also see if the paired iPhone is traveling along. So they can make a distinction if someone put a tracker in your backpack, or if it’s in their backpack and they’re sitting with you in the car.