Currently, iOS is able to detect a malicious AirTag, but it cannot do so for other brand tracking devices.
Googleannounced last May thatAndroid would soon support AirTags, and that the latter would be compatible with the “Locate” networks ofGoogle. This is in particular to allow all users, regardless of the system they use, to be able to know if they are being followed against their will. She made the statement at her annual event, theGoogle I/O. This was some time before Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference.
The announcement followed an agreement between Apple andGoogle, aiming to jointly develop a standard to prevent the misuse of Bluetooth tracking devices. Support for AirTags byAndroidwas born a few months later,end of last July. This implementation was however made in a personalized manner byGoogle, etis not based on the specifications of the standard. The development of the latter had in fact fallen behind schedule, due in particular to a lack of involvement on the part of Apple. However, today we learn thatfirst version seems to have been finalized by employees of the Apple firm.
iOS will soon be able to detect other trackers
The finalization of this standard means that iPhones will besoon able to alert their users if a tracking tag other than an AirTag is spying on them. Which was not the case before. Apple tends to wait until everything is “square” before taking action. This avoids certain complications of a launch that is too hasty, or one that does not meet certain standards.
The firm had in fact indicated that it was awaiting a first final version of the specifications in order to implement unwanted tracking alerts on iOS. On his sideGooglemust also deploy the Find My Device network onAndroid, but first she's waiting for Apple to deploy tracking alerts from non-Apple trackers on iPhone.
