An simple trick opens a hidden tab in Apple’s Find My app.
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There’s no cause to be skeptical about Apple’s plans for AirTags. Any iPhone, iPad or Mac person can see proof that Apple is about so as to add help for merchandise trackers to the Find Me software.
All that’s needed is to go to findmy://objects in Safari on an Apple machine working the newest working system. Doing so will open a hidden display on the Find Me app, and start a seek for… objects.
The display says, “Keep Track of Everyday Items.” And, “Add equipment or different objects which are suitable with Find My and they’re going to seem right here. There’s additionally a hyperlink to an Apple help web page that isn’t out there but.
The trick reportedly works with iOS 14.3, iPadOS 14.3 and macOS 11.1.
Apple is prepared for AirTags
The hidden Find My web page reveals the app is on the lookout for keys, backpacks, bikes, suitcases and headphones.
The app doesn’t say so, however quite a few rumors point out essentially the most distinguished “item” it’s looking for is AirTags. These have been the topic of leaks going again to 2019, and can apparently be Apple’s rival for Tile item-tracking tags. Attach an AirTag to a keychain or a handbag and an iPhone can simply monitor down the machine if it will get misplaced.
They supposedly will use ultra-wideband tech, through which radio indicators are broadcast throughout a broad swath of the frequency spectrum. UWB travels effectively via partitions, and permits distances to be decided with nice accuracy. That makes it a greater different to Bluetooth, which is what merchandise trackers use now.
The new Find My performance additionally ought to work with sure third-party gadgets.
