Apple launched an up to date model of its MagSafe leather wallet at this time with new colours and help for an extra function: monitoring within the Find My app. Apple’s location monitoring service not too long ago expanded with the addition of AirTags, and now the corporate is outwardly working some model of the identical performance into its extra low-tech equipment.

That would possibly appear to be the continual monitoring AirTags affords, however Apple’s description factors to one thing less complicated. The firm writes that the pockets “supports Find My, so you can be notified of your wallet’s last known location if it gets separated from your phone.” That’s useful, however probably not helpful if somebody strikes your pockets after it’s separated.

Apple isn’t fully clear why that is the case on its product web page, but it surely’s potential what’s actually taking place is your iPhone is simply noting when the MagSafe magnet is or isn’t hooked up to your cellphone. Your iPhone already performs a small animation if you connect a MagSafe product, it wouldn’t be too exhausting to think about it marking a GPS location in Find My when a MagSafe accent is disconnected.

There’s additionally an odd exception: within the high-quality print, Apple notes that the brand new Find My performance isn’t supported on the Clear Case with MagSafe. The finest guess right here is that no matter distinctive ID your iPhone acknowledges if you join a MagSafe machine is likely to be blocked by a Clear Case. Why the Clear Case however not different MagSafe circumstances would preserve Apple from realizing when a pockets is disconnected isn’t clear. That doesn’t make the brand new pockets much less helpful essentially, but it surely does present it has limitations {that a} regular pockets with an AirTag or Tile shoved inside wouldn’t.

The Verge has reached out to Apple for an evidence of how the brand new Find My performance works, and what precisely is going on with the Clear Case. We’ll replace if we study extra.

The iPhone Leather Wallet with MagSafe is offered now for $59.

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