How long does an AirTag beep last when away from me?

I'm pretty sure they are doing it as an anti stalking measure... and an effort to release their liability in the situation. It is a bummer for those of us that are trying to keep track of animals, kids, vehicles and such.

i actually cant even understand what the use is for these given the beeping. its JUST meant for things that remain within bluetooth distance of one particular phone at ALL times? keys, wallet . . . thats it? what if me and my husband share a set of car keys? how is this device supposed to work for almost anything? whats the point??

Being "out of range" is just one reason that the AirTags can make a sound.

Ref:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0TVHPHRjXg&feature=youtu.be&themeRefresh=1
• https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/why-is-my-airtag-beeping-what-each-chime-means
• https://appleveteran.com/when-do-apple-airtags-make-noise/

You can let Apple know here: Product Feedback - Apple

I have a key fob on my work keys with an air tag in it so I know where they are and can find them if needed.

Some mornings (Not all) when I'm heading out I'll get close to where my keys are (With phone in hand) and the tag will randomly play some electronic version of a cricket chirping. It's not loud at all, in fact you can barely hear it even when the whole house is silent. I never hear it making that noise when my phone is on the other side of the house. Like i said, it doesn't always do it, so if it's a "Here I am" alert when it makes contact with my phone, then it needs some work. Just an annoyance really, but it's so quiet I doubt someone would hear it if you put it in someone's car bumper to track them so if that's the reasoning behind it, that's another fail. Also replaced the batteries and it does the same thing.

The issue is that, since this AirTag is associated to your Apple ID ... and to your iPhone, when it becomes separated from that iPhone for a period of time, it will start beeping.

That is the way it is designed to work. It is not meant to track people or pets, but to help you locate a missing item.

... and no, if you continue to use this in this fashion, there is no way to disable the beeping. That is, without you child having their own iPhone/Apple ID associated with an AirTag, and they then have this phone with them.

One potential means to stop it from beeping is to configure your child's school to be one of the locations that the AirTag will "know." You would use the Find My's "Notify When Left Behind" option, and create an exception ... and you would do this via the Find My app on your iPhone.

You can Share the car keys AirTag with your husband (or vice versa) and then it won't beep.

But he/she/they need to use a iPhone/iPad that is in range of the keys to keep the AirTag with, now, one of the owners. The anti stalk beeping will then be of, as it is with its owner.

Nope

You didn't get it right.

If you use an airtag on something, you will be able to track it in the entire world, as long as other iPhones pass by ;)

Because it uses the cellular and location provided by any iPhone on the street, of course within the bt distance

This is idiotic and just one more example of Apple dictating how you use their products, even when there is a solid reason for using them a different way.

I have AirTags on both sets of my car keys. I have a big set with all my office and other work keys, and the other is just the car key. I only take one at time when I drive.

The exclusion zone “solution” is just a clumsy work around, when it would be far easier to just enable turning this off entirely.

I have an interesting related issue ... Or at least I think it is. I live in a small 1 bedroom apt. in a multistory building.

I have an airtag on my keys and every once in a while it will sound off with the

"unknown airtag is traveling with you" sound.

I do NOT get any notifications on my phone when this happens.

I am thinking that perhaps one of my neighbor's iPhones is close enough to my airtag that the airtag thinks it is actually traveling with my neighbor ??? .... even though it's just sitting in my entry hall?

Is there another explanation? Any ideas on how to get it to shut up?

Thanks,

Jim

So I've just spent £20 (well £80 as I bought pack of four) on something designed to tell me if an item is under a cushion nearby. I can lift a cushion.

But it will beep in the theatre if my phone needs charging or is switched off or beep on a nightflight if my phone is in airplane mode.

"It is not meant to track people or pets, but to help you locate a missing item." What if your pet is missing, or your child? That is a big reason people purchase these. I put one in our car, (in case it goes missing) and on several instances the air tag will make a sound as we are driving down the ally away from our house. Not every time we leave home, but randomly. One thing I have wondered is because it was set up at our home, and uses that location for some reason. We purchased one for our son to attach to his dog's collar because she once escaped and was lost. Luckily he found her. He set the dog's air tag at his home, but we have been keeping his dog because their fence was damaged and she could escape. When he comes to visit her, he has told us sometimes his phone will alert him he has left her behind. This happens by it's self. In my reference the phone is in the same car as the air tag and it will sometimes make a tone.

I have two devices in my most expensive cars. Always I start to drive it also start beeping. My first idea was thats fine it says Hello to owner. But NO. It’s beeping when my girlfriend drives alone with kids. So it also say Hello Thief I’m somewhere here to track you🤦‍♂️ Really BAD when it can’t to be silent.

My airtags make the chirping sound and it sets off an alarm that sound like the Verizon ringtone on my Iphone XR almost every time I sit at our dinner table. And this is with the ringer TURNED OFF. It is horrible. It will occasionally do this in my car causing an accident hazard as my phone will not stop ringing until I wake it up and swipe up on the screen. HORRIBLE!

That can't be true, I have a set of 4 air tags paired with my iPhone and they are literally sitting within 5 feet of my phone and one is beeping. So it's not out of range of the phone. So your explanation can't be true