When Kosutami’s leakage claimed that Apple provided for a new generation Airtag launch in May or June, which has largely followed with Bloombergmarked Gurman earlier report From November that Apple was aimed at an outing “around the middle” of the outing in 2025.
But now that we are quickly approaching from the end of June and there is still no new Airtag, we have an update on the new version of Apple for the next long -awaited generation of its tracker.
When does Airtag 2 arrive?
We have good news and bad news.
The good news is that we are able to confirm that Apple has already implemented compatibility with the Airtag of the 2nd generation on iOS 18.6. This means that Iirtag 2 should not require iOS 26, which would have been a fairly stingy cut.
Now, the bad news: according to reliable sources of 9TO5MAC, Apple now aims for an autumn release, probably putting its ad at the time of the iPhone event, which generally takes place in September.
Apple could announce aerotage on a previous date and record certain software features linked to the iPhone to the fall, but our sources say that is unlikely. For the moment, consider September as a safe bet.
What to expect from Airtag 2
Apple obviously did not say anything publicly, but there was no shortage of leaks on what to expect:
- Improved connectivity and scope: Taking advantage of the 2nd generation UWB chip, AirTag 2 should correspond to the advanced monitoring and location capacities introduced with the iPhone 15, which increases the precision conclusion functionality to 60 meters, up compared to the current 15 meters for 1st generation aerodrome.
- Improved safety and confidentiality: There have been cases of stalkers invalidating the Airtag speaker, making it more difficult for victims to detect the device because they cannot trigger the alert sound used to help locate hidden ventilation. To remedy this, Apple would have made the weighting of the new generation more resistant.
- Improvement of battery management: In what has not been previously reported, our sources tell us that the new Airtag will introduce alerts for low and very low battery levels, which makes users less likely to leave a tracker to become dead. This could refer to the need for better battery management, perhaps due to the greatest energy demand for updated equipment.
Combined with the new anti-falsifying design, we have the intuition that second generation aerotage could move on to a rechargeable battery, replacing the current CR2032 part cell. However, beyond more granular battery alerts, we could not confirm it with our sources.
Are you preventing yourself from getting new AirTags? Do you plan to replace your first generation with second generation trackers? Let us know in the comments.
