We can wait a while for the next version of AirTags

Apple first launched its AirTags trackers in April 2021, but if you wait to get your hands on one until the release of the second generation, you may have to wait a long time: The next version of AirTags will be "massive". will be launched. , But it is likely to go into production in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to a post by Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Kuo didn't specify whether going into mass production means the trackers will be available in that time frame or whether that milestone is simply to increase supply before Apple puts the devices on sale. Kuo said the tracker could be related to Apple's upcoming Vision Pro headset: "I believe spatial computing is a new ecosystem Apple wants to build, with the Vision Pro integrated into other devices, including the AirTag 2." As the original," he wrote.

Beyond that, Kuo didn't say what other features could be included in the new version of the AirTag. Although trackers are good at helping you keep track of your belongings, they have come under scrutiny because of concerns that they allow people to use them to follow you. Apple has introduced some improvements to make it easier to tell when an AirTag that doesn't belong to you is traveling with you. Apple and Google are also teaming up to help limit the stalking enabled by Bluetooth trackers.