AirTag location is not correct

why has this air tag shown me to be somewhere I am not


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iPhone 7, iOS 15

Posted on Jul 2, 2023 09:01 AM

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Posted on Jul 2, 2023 11:40 AM

The AirTag does not utilize GPS. Instead, the AirTag requires a connection to the Internet to send its current location to the Apple servers. To get that connection, it first uses a Bluetooth signal to either your iPhone or someone else's iPhone ... and those phones must have either a cellular or Wi-Fi Internet connection.

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Jul 2, 2023 11:40 AM in response to Jbeta

The AirTag does not utilize GPS. Instead, the AirTag requires a connection to the Internet to send its current location to the Apple servers. To get that connection, it first uses a Bluetooth signal to either your iPhone or someone else's iPhone ... and those phones must have either a cellular or Wi-Fi Internet connection.

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AirTag location is not correct

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