Apple launches AirTag detector app for Android to spice up privateness

Apple Inc mentioned on Monday it had launched an Android app to assist customers scan close by AirTags or different related merchandise trackers that is likely to be touring with them with out their data, in an effort to spice up privateness.

The Tracker Detect app, which Apple launched on Google’s Play Store, says {that a} consumer can scan to attempt to discover AirTags or appropriate gadgets in the event that they believed somebody is utilizing it to trace their location.

AirTags are small gadgets that may be hooked up to gadgets corresponding to keys and wallets to find them when they’re misplaced.

Apple mentioned the app permits Android customers to proactively scan for merchandise trackers which are not with their proprietor. If such a tracker has been shifting with the consumer for greater than 10 minutes, the app will assist find it by enjoying a sound and supply steering to disable it.

“We are raising the bar on privacy for our users and the industry, and hope others will follow,” an Apple spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.

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