Apple's latest update for its iOS system has just been released, and like its sisters before it, it has been scrutinized by the brand's experts. It seems that this time the fishing was good. Indeed withinof iOS 14.3 codewould hide information on AirTags.
These products are eagerly awaited by the Apple community, they will be small GPS trackers which will allow you to find an object directly in the “Locate” or “Find me” application for fans of the language of Shakespeare.
It is precisely by looking at the part of the update dedicated to this application that the most interesting information appears. Indeed, at the launch of iOS 14, Apple opened its “Locate” application to third-party products. In this third version of the OS there are therefore more lines of code dedicated to the upcoming appearance of AirTags. Steve Moser from Macrumors has detailed them and here is a non-exhaustive list.
Code in the preamble of AirTags
It would thus be possible to connect the AirTags to the phone or any Apple product linked to an identifier. The product might be visible on the app"Locate", another fairly important point found in the code of this update. An alert could be sent to the phone, probably in the form of a notification to announce that the tracker's battery is low and that it must be recharged, or its battery changed in the case of a battery-powered tracker.
Several error messages are also provided in the code of this update as well as the necessary authorizations regarding the use of location. To work, both the application and the tracker must use your location, so it is mandatory that you be asked before the functionality is activated.
All these lines of code are therefore there to improve the location service with third-party objects, such as Tile trackers, but it is difficult to believe that Apple is developing this part of its OS so much without offering an object made in Cupertino . In this sense, the increasingly persistent rumors around AirTags, which are now announced before each Apple event, have more value than ever and the product should eventually see the light of day as its development seems successful.
