If you have an Apple Watch Series 9 or later, excluding Apple Watch SE models, or Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later with watchOS 26.2.1 or later, you can add an item to Control Center then use Precision Finding to find a nearby AirTag (2nd generation). Apple’s original AirTags are not supported.
These are the minimum requirements for Precision Finding on your Apple Watch:
• Your Apple Watch must be an Apple Watch Series 9 or later (excluding Apple Watch SE models) or Apple Watch Ultra 2 or later with watchOS 26.2.1 or later.
• To ensure that all of your items appear in Find My, update your iPhone or Apple Watch to the latest iOS or watchOS. AirTag (2nd generation) requires iOS or watchOS 26.2.1 or later.
Joe Rossignol for MacRumors:
Apple has not indicated why this feature does not work with the original AirTag. However, the new AirTag is equipped with Apple’s second-generation Ultra Wideband chip, while the original has Apple’s first-generation Ultra Wideband chip.
Precision Finding can lead you to the exact location of an item with an AirTag attached to it, by showing you a directional arrow and your distance away from the item on a compatible iPhone, and now on a compatible Apple Watch too.
Precision Finding already existed on the above Apple Watch models for finding an iPhone 15 or newer, but there was no Precision Finding on the Apple Watch for finding an AirTag until now.
MacDailyNews Note: Original first generation AirTags can still be found with Precision Finding on an iPhone 11 or newer. More info about using your Apple Watch to find an item with an AirTag (2nd generation) attached via Apple here.
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