iOS 13.2 Reveals Apple's Tile-competitor May be Named 'AirTag'

Since before the iPhone upshot in September this year, we've been hearing rumours and reports about Apple introducing its own tile-like tracking device. The device was spotted in beta builds for iOS 13, and now, references have been spotted in the stable release for iOS 13.2.

9to5Mac spotted these references in iOS 13.2 to a device named "AirTag" which, it now seems could be the proper name Apple chooses to go with for its tracking devices.

Co-ordinate to 9to5Mac, the references currently hold placeholder images of the Cupertino giant's recently announced AirPods Pro, but adds that these images can be updated remotely by Apple. This hints that the company might be inching closer to announcing the AirTag, and information technology would nearly probably cull to announce them via a elementary printing release, much like it did the AirPods Pro.

Even though Apple's "AirTag" would well-nigh likely exist compared to Tile'southward Bluetooth tracking beacons, the Cupertino giant might have a leg-up against Tile, thanks to the new U1 chip constitute inside the new iPhone 11 line-up that allows the phone to be spatially aware of its surroundings. With this, the AirTag could be more than accurate than any Bluetooth-enabled tracking accompaniment, at to the lowest degree with the new iPhones.

There'southward currently no more information about the AirTag, or Apple Tag, or whatsoever the company decides to phone call information technology, but the fact that references take been spotted in the codebase for a stable iOS release does make it sound like the company is just adding some finishing touches to its press release for the AirTag and might launch it sooner rather than later.