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> Find My / Airtags

Another Apple ecosystem that can be used by non-Apple devices. OpenHaystack [0] has been working well for quite a while.

[0] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/openhaystack



See my comment below for why this isn't the interoperability I'm interested in. I don't want to use Apple's service, I want Bluetooth tag pinging to be standard across Apple, Tile, and Android ecosystem devices so that they all work equally well regardless of the percentage of one brand of phone or another in the area the tag is pinging from.


Is there a way to SEE the location of my Apple manufactured Airtags from Android?


Does this still work? that repository appears to be abandoned.


Apple did actually open up the network, there are plenty of third party devices that are 'Find My' compatible. It's intended for integration into things like bikes or scooters.

You can buy tags from AliExpress for $5 that implement it. I've been using a few for a couple of months, and no issues so far.


It would be preferable if Find My capable smart devices could forward tag pings on to non-Apple owners and vice versa. Right now, Find My is strong in the US where iPhones are very common, but it works worse in places where most phones are Android, and vice versa for Androids in the US versus abroad.

You are referring to being able to track devices via the Find My portal on Apple.com or your Apple devices, but I am referring to being able to merge the networks so that Apple devices will forward pings onto Android's Find My network and vice versa.


> that repository appears to be abandoned

The last commit and release is from october.




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