Apple releases Android app to assist discover sneaky AirTags

Apple has launched an app referred to as Tracker Detect, which the corporate says will let Android customers seek for AirTags or different Find My-compatible trackers, such because the Chipolo One Spot monitoring tag (via CNET). According to the app, it appears for gadgets which were separated from their house owners — if it finds any, it’ll allow you to play a sound on it so you possibly can find it, and it will provide you with directions on how to determine who the AirTag belongs to and methods to disable it if want be.

Apple introduced that this app was coming in June, promising that it could permit Android customers to seek out probably malicious trackers getting used with out their data. Unlike on iOS, although, it doesn’t seem to be this app will consistently do scans within the background and warn you if one thing is up — it’s purely a guide search. Tracker Detect additionally doesn’t make it easier to maintain observe of the AirTags connected to an Apple account, so it’s not serving to Android customers really use AirTags.

Apple didn’t instantly reply to request for remark from The Verge, however instructed CNET that the app “gives Android users the ability to scan for an AirTag or supported Find My enabled item trackers that might be traveling with them without their knowledge. We are raising the bar on privacy for our users and the industry, and hope others will follow.”

For a minimum of two Verge staffers, Tracker Detect didn’t present up in a Play Store search on our gadgets. However, you possibly can set up it by following this link to its store page.