Losing luggage when taking the plane is one of the biggest fears of many travelers. Imagine going on vacation, to a destination far from your home, and when you arrive your suitcase has been lost. It is something more common than it may seem. Generally, it resolves within a few hours. In some cases, it may even take days or you may lose it permanently. The latter, especially occurs when you have to make a stopover. Now, we echo a news related to AirTags.
The idea is that airlines can find it easier to find that lost suitcase. This can greatly reduce waiting times and reduce the anxiety that travelers always have when faced with this problem when they are traveling and their luggage has not arrived.
Airlines will find luggage faster
AirTags are very useful devices for finding lost items. You can link them to keys, a backpack, etc. The idea is to be able to know where you are, simply from your mobile. In this case, this particular model works with the iOS Find My tool. It allows you to know where something is, within a range.
But what does this novelty consist of, exactly? With the latest update, iOS 18.2, it is possible to temporarily share the location of an AirTag with another person. This can be very interesting to receive help when trying to look for something you have lost. For example, you can give permission for a friend or family member to have access.
Something you can do is grant that permission to an airline. You can allow access for a day, a week, etc. This will make it easier to find a lost suitcase. It does not mean that it has been left on the ground or on a stopover, but perhaps it is simply trapped in the belt where the suitcases pass.
With this, that airline could have one more tool to find the location of a lost suitcase. An opportunity to reduce time or even prevent it from being lost permanently. This is something that, without a doubt, will be well received by many users.
Still in testing
At the moment, it is only available to those who use the Beta version of iOS, although it will be available definitively with the launch of the stable version iOS 18.2. In the near future, it will be available to all users who have this operating system and will be able to take advantage of this tool.
Of course, this is not something that is limited only to airlines and finding luggage, but you can apply it in many other areas of daily life. After all, you are giving permission to a third party to search where your AirTag is and, in this way, find something you have lost, whether it is a suitcase or something else.
What do you think of this new feature that they are going to include in iOS 18.2 and that takes the use of AirTags to another level? We think it is a tool that, used well, can be very useful in many cases. Although there are alternatives to AirTag from Apple or Samsung, it is one of the most popular options.
