GO TO A POLICE STATION NOW!!! SOMEONE IS TRACKING YOU AND IT MIGHT BE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Y’all are probably creeps if you’re saying what I’m saying is unhinged. Wake the Fuck up.
That’s not how that works, but sure.
What an unhinged response ngl
A lot of people are saying that an AirTag has been planted on your belongings or car. This is a real and scary possibility. However…
I will note that your phone sensing an AirTag nearby can also be a glitch. Back in 2022 I freaked out because I got this alert on my phone, and I was terrified because I was in my dorm (and there was a real threat that someone I knew might have done that). I looked everywhere and there was no tag to be found, and the “play sound” thing didn’t work either.
I contacted campus police and everything. Eventually, they came to the conclusion that there wasn’t an AirTag at all. Turns out, it was a common glitch at that time for iPhone users to receive a notification that there was an AirTag with them when there was none at all.
The source of the problem? My AirPods. I don’t remember what I did to resolve the issue, but it probably had something to do with unpairing them. I may have disconnected Bluetooth first, I don’t remember unfortunately.
I don’t know if the glitch I experienced is the same issue you are having now. Whether or not this is a real threat, take the notification seriously. If you have accessories like AirPods with you, try disconnecting Bluetooth, or unpairing them. If that doesn’t work, search your car and belongings thoroughly.
Take care OP. Please be safe.
We found the car thief!
If it’s not your own car, call the owner & ask about it. People put AirTags on their own property & even their kids for safety reasons.
If it is, deff drive directly to the nearest police station & have someone inspect the entire vehicle inside & out.
All these comments saying one was placed on your car, definitely a possibility.
Here’s a question no one is asking though, were you driving with someone else? If your passenger had an AirTag in their purse or backpack, you would also be notified.
This! We have one in our stroller for Disney and my friend got the notification while driving to Disney with us and was confused.
My wife and her sister went to visit their brother in the hospital in a neighboring state. Halfway there they got an AirTag notice and freaked out.
Wife took my laptop bag that I had an AirTag in.
My favorite story of this was someone said they had an AirTag planted on them at Disney. Turns out they grabbed the wrong stroller that had the same Disney sweater in it someone else bought because it was cold. Disney sells a lot of them on those days that are exactly the same lol.
The stroller would have to be the exact same too, not just the sweater.
Yep - my fiance had a panic attack because I accidentally left my airtag in my golf clubs and left them in the back of her car. She drove all over, was about 40 miles from home and it started alerting her lol whoops…
I always get this notification when I walk my friend’s dog because it has an airtag on its leash. This dog is absolutely obsessed with pigeons and has almost ripped the leash right out of my hands a couple times when we came across some unexpectedly. Pretty smart use of an airtag imo
If the passenger had one then presumably they also had their phone with them which would not trigger this alarm. I have one on my cat and anytime i am away for more than 24hrs it triggers warnings on my partner’s device
it never detected near AirTag for my passengers.
Is it not supposed to notify others only if the owner of the AirTag isn’t around ? I think so
I’ve never gotten one when my wife was with me and her wallet too. There must be some intelligence to know the “owner” is close enough that it doesn’t alert too.
Or were you driving a U-Haul? Mine didn’t have one but did have a warning and a disclaimer I had to sign
It’s not supposed to give notifications if it’s nearby the owner. Like I have one in my wallet/car but it doesn’t notify people I’m with because I have my phone.
Mine notifies everyone I’m with, both ppl in my contacts and ppl not in my contacts
It does happen sometimes though. I’ve had AirTag alerts randomly during trips where it belonged to someone else on the trip.
I have one in my wallet but my family has never been notified. Is it because they’re in my contacts or something?
No it wouldn’t…
As long as the owner is nearby with their Bluetooth enabled phone, it updates their app and that is it.
If the owner is not around, it will update via other people’s Bluetooth phones and if it updates via someone else’s phone too much, they get notified.
And occasionally AirPods with Find My integration will still occasionally false positive the owner or a travel companion
Here’s a question no one is asking though, were you driving with someone else? If your passenger had an AirTag in their purse or backpack, you would also be notified.
I got one such notification driving my mom’s dogs to the vet.
Then I remembered they both wear AirTags around their collars.
Please do not go home.
Wouldn’t it be the opposite? Go home as fast as possible? Cause a burglar knows you’re 200 miles from home right now.
I’d say it depends on whether you’re armed or not. I wouldn’t want to go home and run into a potentially armed burglar if I didn’t have the means to defend myself.
OP, listen to this guy.
Don’t go home until you find it. And if you’re staying somewhere overnight, park your car a decent walking distance away from where you’re staying.
Also, as others have said - contact the police.
Holy shit. Great call.
on the other side of that argument, please have someone check on your house, as there’s a possibility someone put it by you to know how much time they have in your home before you get back
Is it your dads tracker ?
Sheboygan, Joliet… GARY.
What is up the places names there?!
That’s not even that crazy. A couple hours north and east and you can go to Hell.
That’s amazing.
There’s Dansville nearby there to, I like the sound of that!
I keep mine in the spare tire. Also if he shares the AirTag with you (which you can now do in iOS 17) you won’t get that message. As for why it took so long is that it won’t always show that a tracker is with you, unless you go home (not 100% of the time, but that’s what happens to me). Also needs to be with you for ~15 minutes, then when it sees you’ve stopped and the tracker is still near, it knows to notify you (same reason why your apt neighbors AirPods won’t ping you, but your passengers AirPods would if you have a friend over).
… there’s a place called Gary…
Well now u do
This happened to me. My bf hid one in my car. My phone did not detect it for a long time. Not sure why.
I’m so glad you dodged Gary, Indiana
I want to know how this gets resolved. OP please update how it went. Thanks
If someone is in the car with you, they have one in their wallet or keys. If not, someone hid one in your car. You said family car. Someone in your family may have put one as theft deterrent
Makes me wonder if pilots and flight attendants get this notification all the time.