Latest AirTag Update Makes “Unwanted Tracking” Sound Easier to Track
02 MAY 2022 - Mystery solved around the latest AirTag firmware update. Last week we heard word of AirTag firmware 1A301. We didn’t know what it did. We didn’t know when we would get it. We only knew that it was out there. Well, we know now what Apple was/is up to. In a support doc, Apple says AirTag Firmware Update 1.0.301 tunes the “unwanted tracking sound to more easily locate an unknown AirTag.”
The company also gives users instructions on how to see what version of the firmware their AirTag is running. To do so:
Open the Find My app.
Tap the Items tab.
Select your AirTag in the list of items.
Tap the name of your AirTag, and the serial number and firmware version will appear.
If you want to force the update, you still can’t. Apple simply says to make sure you’re running iOS 14.5 or later on an associated iPhone, make sure your AirTag is within Bluetooth range of the iPhone now and again… and that should do it. Eventually.
