{"id":372601,"date":"2025-11-11T23:23:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/372601\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T23:23:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:23:23","slug":"airtag-2-vs-airtag-here-are-the-expected-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/372601\/","title":{"rendered":"AirTag 2 vs AirTag: Here are the expected differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/airtag-in-hand.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Four years after the original AirTag debuted, we\u2019re still waiting for the first proper hardware revision. Rumors indicate AirTag 2 could launch soon, here\u2019s an overview of how the two products might compare.<\/p>\n<p>AirTag 2 could launch soon, will it be worth the wait?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been expecting Apple to launch its new AirTag for a while now. Rumors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2024-11-17\/how-will-president-donald-trump-s-new-tariffs-affect-apple-products-and-prices-m3lnfx64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">originally<\/a> pinned a launch around mid-year, then iOS 18.6 <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/06\/24\/ios-18-6-code-hints-at-airtag-2-but-when-is-it-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hinted<\/a> at its debut, and finally many\u2014myself included\u2014thought it might arrive during the iPhone 17 event.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the latest AirTag 2 expectations are for a launch before the holiday season kicks off.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it\u2019s fitting for a product whose predecessor arrived much later than expected, despite evidence it had long been ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>Will AirTag 2 be worth the wait?<\/p>\n<p>Rumors indicate the AirTag successor won\u2019t be a radical departure from the original model. Instead, it will focus largely on improvements to the existing feature set.<\/p>\n<p>AirTag 2 will focus on upgrading existing features, per rumors<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/airtag-2.jpg\" alt=\"AirTag 2\" class=\"wp-image-1009282\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Regarding AirTag 2\u2019s design, Bloomberg has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2024-11-17\/how-will-president-donald-trump-s-new-tariffs-affect-apple-products-and-prices-m3lnfx64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the product \u201cwill look similar to the current model\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I suspect we might still see a slight size reduction to make the device thinner. For example, to make it fit better inside of wallets. Apple\u2019s miniaturization skills have progressed a lot in the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly though, AirTag 2 is <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/08\/27\/new-airtag-2-is-coming-soon-with-these-rumored-features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected to focus<\/a> on three upgrades:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>offering better range<\/li>\n<li>upgrading the wireless chip<\/li>\n<li>improving privacy, such as by making the speaker harder to remove<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Likely, Apple will replace the current first-gen Ultra Wideband chip inside AirTag with the more recent second-gen version.<\/p>\n<p>This UWB upgrade should lead AirTag 2 to offer Precision Finding at up to 30-90 meters, a 3x improvement over the current 10-30 meter range.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2030\" height=\"1015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/airtag-found-by.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-717935\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Privacy has been one of the longstanding concerns with AirTag, despite Apple\u2019s software efforts to make it ill-fitting for stalking or other illicit uses.<\/p>\n<p>AirTag 2 making the speaker harder to remove will be a good thing, but hopefully there are other privacy improvements coming too.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in picking up more AirTags, Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DRkM1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">currently has a 4-pack for only $64.99<\/a>. Is this because the company believes AirTag 2 is launching soon, and needs to clear inventory? 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