Just had a random thought, can someone make an AirTag expansion card holder?

Doesn’t need any programming, thinking it could just hold the AirTag and slot in one of the expansion card bays.

What do you think?

  • l0udninja@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Maybe strip it all the way down and see if you can put it inside the laptop rather than wasting an expansion bay?

    • G8M8N8@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The AirTag vibrates the top and bottom of its shell to make noise when lost, so just know that function won’t work anymore.

      • speedysam0@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        If you can’t see a laptop sized object without an audio indicator to show you where it is in front of you, you might have a bigger problem than just not being able to find your laptop.

  • TrollingJoker@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Aside from nothing wrong with actually doing this, is that really the best option?

    Now a slot is filled and let’s assume you are using Windows, you can always use ‘Find my device’. Sure if you aren’t using Windows and not so sure what Linux would have to offer in that sense but I’m curious why this couldn’t be a solid alternative.

    • Dumfing@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Does windows find my device require wifi access? The airtag will leach network access from any iDevices nearby to report its location

    • A-Delonix-Regia@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      let’s assume you are using Windows, you can always use ‘Find my device’

      The last time I tried it, it was off by 4 houses, so it is definitely worse than Apple’s Find My system.

      But it could give an idea of whether you left your device in one building or a different one if those buildings are large enough.

      • TrollingJoker@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I have no Apple Tag experience but I do have Samsung Smart Tag experience. The latter functions similarly to how you describe Windows’ feature even with the more expensive version.

        Neither are that perfect it seems. How does the Apple Tag work?

        • A-Delonix-Regia@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          From what I’ve read, AirTags don’t use GPS, all they do is connect to other Apple devices via Bluetooth, and those devices send their location (which is fairly accurate) and the AirTag’s ID (which is encrypted) to Apple servers.

          This means AirTags are useless if there are no Apple devices around.