One of the most notable upgrades of AirTag 2 is the speaker protection feature, which promises to have a big impact on both Apple and users.
AirTag has proven useful in many situations since its launch, but it has also raised privacy concerns, especially around unauthorized tracking.
According to Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, Apple is taking steps to prevent the AirTag speaker from being disassembled — a common tactic for bad guys to hide tracking devices.
Protecting the speaker makes it easy for users to detect strange AirTags if they are attached to objects or personal vehicles without knowing.
However, Apple has yet to reveal exactly how it plans to implement this change, but if successful, it would be a major step forward in preventing AirTags from being misused to track others.
While speaker protection is a necessary feature, some users may be concerned about unintended effects. In fact, multiple reports have shown that AirTags sometimes emit loud sounds at the wrong time, scaring pets, interrupting meetings, or affecting other sensitive situations.
Hopefully Apple will make some tweaks, like software optimizations to better control when and how AirTags sound alerts.
If the AirTag 2's security and privacy improvements prove effective, it could not only give users more peace of mind, but also help Apple mitigate some of the criticism surrounding the first generation of AirTags.
