Air Tags - Duracell CR2032 Batteries

Beware that some Duracell CR2032 batteries are not compatible with Air Tags. Another post her mentions this. Hopefully this helps reduce any headache with returning the batteries. My CVS experience was a pain.

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Posted on Sep 2, 2024 09:43 AM

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Tesserax

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Sep 2, 2024 03:18 PM in response to justadam

Yes, these Duracell batteries are known to be problematic with the Apple AirTags. Just doing a search at this community forum, you will find numerous posts here on this exact topic ... including some "workarounds" to use them with some claiming success.

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Air Tags - Duracell CR2032 Batteries

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