The new AirTag brings several refinements focused on improving how users locate misplaced items using Apple’s Find My network.
The new Bluetooth tracker retains the design of the first-generation model
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Apple on Monday unveiled the second-generation AirTag. It arrives nearly five years after the first model was unveiled, building on Apple's item-tracking ecosystem with hardware upgrades aimed at enhancing precision and usability. The Bluetooth tracker has a new Ultra Wideband chip, which is claimed to offer a higher Precision Finding range, while an updated internal design promises better speaker output. The new AirTag is still powered by a coin cell battery and comes with an IP67-rated build.
The price of the Apple Second-Generation AirTag in India is set at Rs. 3,790 for a single unit. It is also available as a four-pack, priced at Rs. 12,900. Customers can avail of free engraving when purchasing the new AirTag via Apple.com and the Apple Store app.
The new AirTag brings several refinements focused on improving how users locate misplaced items using Apple's Find My network, while maintaining the same compact form factor of the first-generation model. The Bluetooth tracker has a second-generation Ultra Wideband chip, which is claimed to boost its Precision Finding range by up to 50 percent and help users more accurately locate items.
The Bluetooth chip has been upgraded to expand the overall connectivity range. As per the Cupertino-based tech giant, users can now use Precision Finding on Apple Watch Series 9 or later and Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later models, to find their AirTag.
The second-generation AirTag also features an updated internal design with a new speaker that is 50 percent louder than the old AirTag. The company claims users can now hear their AirTg up to twice as far as before.
It can also work with the iPhone's Share Item Location feature, which is used to help users recover a misplaced item by temporarily and securely sharing its location with trusted third parties, such as airlines. The location data, however, is claimed to be kept private, and the AirTag does not physically store location data or history on-device.
Its other features are similar to the first-generation model. The new AirTag is powered by the CR2032 coin cell battery, and it offers “more than a year” of battery life. It has an IP67 rating for dust and splash resistance. The Bluetooth tracker requires a compatible iPhone with iOS 26 or later, or an iPad with iPadOS 26 or later.
Alongside the AirTag, Apple also unveiled the Apple Watch Unity Connection Braided Solo Loop. The company says it has been introduced to honour the Black History month and celebrate the "power of connection."
Apple's new Unity Connection Braided Solo Loop
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The new Apple Watch band has been designed by Apple and showcases the colours of the Pan-African flag. It comprises weaved recycled polyester yarn filaments around ultrathin silicone threads using precision-braiding machinery.
The Unity Connection Braided Solo Loop is available for order on the Apple Store online and in the Apple Store app starting today, priced at Rs. 9,500.
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