Right from setup to locating it under the ‘Items’ tab of the ‘Find My’ app, Apple AirTags beep differently. So, it can be hard to discern the alert sound or figure out what it means. For that reason, we’ve come up with this guide. Stick with us for a while to find what different types of Apple Airtag Alert sound mean.
What do different types of Apple Airtag Alert sound mean?
AirTags are designed to keep tabs on personal belongings such as backpacks, luggage, wallets, and more. It pings nearby Apple devices when it slips into a lost mode so users can locate them. But you do not hear just one type o sound. it does not emit only one type of sound. There are as many as 5 different types of Apple AirTag alert sounds and each signify something important.
- Welcome sound
- Setup Complete sound
- Find My AirTag sound
- Moving with your AirTag sound
- Locate AirTag moving with you
The Moving with your AirTag sound sound was particularly added to address concerns about people attaching AirTags to cars or dropping them in bags or pockets to follow others.
1] Welcome Sound
This is the sound that your AirTag plays when you first set up your AirTag and connect a battery to it. Also, see how to replace the battery of an AirTag.
2] Setup Complete Sound
When your AirTag setup is complete and ready to use, you’ll hear this chime.
3] Find My AirTag sound
This sound plays repeatedly when you are trying to locate your personal belongings with AirTag attached to it under the Find My App. There are countless stories of AirTag playing an instrumental in reuniting people with the things they value.
4] Moving with your AirTag sound
This sound is emitted autonomously when an unknown AirTag is moving with you.
5] Locate AirTag moving with you
This sound plays when you are trying to locate an unknown AirTag moving with you in the Find My app. Apple will also adjust the tone sequence to use more of the loudest tones to make an unknown AirTag more easily findable.
Hope that makes sense!
Also learn: How to rename AirTags to to match the items they are attached to.
