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		dheera on April 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Introduces AirTag Why can't they just have it recharge with a tiny solar cell or kinetic charging? Any object moved around by normal use would generate more than enough energy to charge a CR2032's worth in an entire year. That would make it truly practical by never needing a battery change. Apple didn't make anything significantly better than the Tile IMO, which also needs batteries to be replaced every year.

rkangel on April 21, 2021 [–]

The Apple one wins in one simple way - they already have a billion iPhones to find lost tags. The Tile network is nowhere near as big.

dheera on April 21, 2021 | [–]

Maybe a good opportunity for Google to let the entire Android ecosystem help Tile and beat Apple.

h0nd on April 22, 2021 | | [–]

Maybe a time to use a technology that is open and not bound to an ecosystem.

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