Can You Track Your CAR with AirTag!?

One of the most common questions I've been asked regarding Apple AirTags is whether or not you can track your car or truck with them. While it is totally possible, there are a lot of caveats you should be aware of.

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0:00 Intro
0:45 A word from our sponsor
2:09 How AirTag works
3:52 How AirTag can help you find your car
7:01 Final Verdict

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[uliseskucejin]

I got my car stolen and I had a air tag in it . Found it fast and my car was safe thanks to the air tag . Air tag works great for cars 👍

[AlfredoRodriguez-wqli]

I’ll put one in my catalytic converter

[ketowolf]

2 things to note:
1) My understanding is in lost mode, airtags ping every 15 minutes to conserve battery. So there’s a limit to how quick it can be found, regardless of how populated the area is.

2) My understanding is that one common tactic when a car is stolen, is that the thief may park the stolen car somewhere for a day or two, to make sure the car isn’t “hot”. And in those cases, an airtag could possibly help.

Also, good video :)

[KrogenDragon]

My car is in for service. I put an airtag in the car. Can confirm that you can actually get an updated location (via other people’s iPhones) without it being in lost mode and it works great!

[matty.j_]

3:20 *You DO NOT have to enable Lost Mode to use the Find My network.* It works perfectly without that mode.

[Jferrari]

Is this an Apple event, 4 day premiere? Lol

[cjxgraphics]

$30 for a little extra insurance? Sure, why not.

[benjuetten]

Having 1 hidden in your car is an excellent idea! If some1 steals your car it will be driving past many cars on the road who have iPhones and can give an updated location

[GabeB]

I have 9 airtags so far. I need more. lol.

[TVCHLORD]

3:20 FALSE, airtag will always update its location on find my whenever someone with a iphonee walks by it does not need to be in lost mode

[bbol]

I will be buying this for car tracking. it will be used as a theft recovery device. hopefully I will never need to test it. lol!

[Simon-zqcw]

4 days might be a little excessive, don’t you think?

[thesicksix]

I would say that if someone stole your car and you hid your airtag well enough, they would have no idea where to look for it! Also as they are driving down the road, they will pass someone who had an iphone so depending on the range of other iphones connecting to it, just as long as you are in a populated area then it would work great as an anti theft device!

[ianjenkins]

Hi,
I’m currently 85 miles away from my car and using the find my app it shows the exact location of my car. Obviously using my airtag which is in the car. So in my case the Apple eco system appears to be working and that’s without putting the airtag in lost mode.

[OnlyDianes]

Or if you are a mechanic, you know how to get your airtag inside of the car where someone trying to take the battery out of it wouldn’t know how to get to it. I have mine all the way inside the electrical system. Even if you have the location of it, you wouldn’t find it LOL

[austinmuncrief]

Guys. I got a 4 pack of air tags for Christmas, had no idea what to do with them. I put one in my back pack, one in my wife’s purse, one in my truck hidden under the center console carpet (you know, just in case anyone ever stole my truck 😅) I figured why not? Fast fwd 2 months …. Woke up one morning my truck was gone. Tracked this guy who stole it!! Only down side was I was about 10 min behind him, hauling ass around town to all the “pings” where locations were last seen, finally…. After 4 hours he was not moving for about 10 min . Found him at his house!! My truck was parked behind his home in a dirt alley way ! had already filed a police report prior, called police and got my truck back! To me, it’s SO worth having in your vehicle. hide it good. It worked! I have had this truck for 11 years. 2004 LLY duramax. My baby, was home.

[Hafrican]

Pro-tip if you have CarPlay you can actually use Siri to find your car in a parking lot bc it remembers where you disconnected CarPlay. Just ask Siri “Where’s my car” and it’ll bring you to it. It’s not super accurate but its helped me a few times

[noyopacific]

For tracking stolen property other-than a car, an AirTag might help you find it or you could report it to police where there is almost no chance they will ever find it.

[JedRichards]

Fundamentally incorrect - airtags don’t need to be in lost mode to benefit from location pings from other users.

[jadafyouni]

My issue with these videos is the lack of real-world testing. Someone wondering if these things work wants to know if they actually work rather than just speculating based on what Apple says.