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Lance Ulanoff

Use this AirTag battery-replacement trick and you'll feel like a magician

Apple spring event 2021

Apple has sold at least 55 million AirTags since its launch in April 2021. Many of them have run down their tiny batteries and it's time to replace them – if you know how.

I’ve had most of my AirTags for almost two years and when I look in Apple’s Find My app and at Devices, which shows me where all my AirTags and the locations of my wallet, backpack, and keys they're attached to, I see a bunch of red battery symbols. What’s that? You didn’t know there was a flat, little battery inside that candy-shaped tracking device? There is and it’s actually a fairly standard CR 2032 lithium-ion watch battery available for a few dollars (almost £6 in the UK and $6 in AU) in the battery aisle of most drug and convenience stores.

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