# Apple updates AirTags after stalking fears

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**Created:** [6 June 2021 15:30 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/apple-updates-airtags-after-stalking-fears/10265 "2021-06-06T15:30:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [6 June 2021 15:30 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/apple-updates-airtags-after-stalking-fears/10265/1 "2021-06-06T15:30:56Z")

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> **Apple has released a software update for AirTags following concerns they could be used to track people secretly.**
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> AirTags were released in April and were promoted as a way for people to keep track of their belongings.
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> However, critics warned that the coin-sized tracker could be easily used to monitor someone’s real-time location.
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> Following the update, AirTags will beep if they are away from their owner’s iPhone - at a random time between eight and 24 hours - to alert people nearby.
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> AirTags should update their software automatically when they are close to the owner’s iPhone.

Read in full here:

> **[Apple updates AirTags after stalking fears](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57351554)**
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> Critics say the miniature trackers could be used to secretly monitor people's location.

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