We have been talking for almost two years about the location beacons, in the style of the Tile, in which Apple is working and that probably will work hand in hand with the U1 chip, a chip that in addition to being found in the iPhone 11 and 12 is also available in the new Apple Watch Series 6, but not in the iPad Pro 2020.
The latest news related to the launch of these location beacons, suggest that November will be the month in which, finally, Apple presents them in society. While that time comes, we can take a look at the concept presented by the designer Concept Creator through the following video:
The designer has been based on the information that Jon Prosser published last September, so if this is wrong (something that we cannot rule out by looking at his success history) it is likely that the design work has not served any purpose. These beacons, according to previous rumors, it will be managed by a CR2032 battery and with a approximate duration of 2 years, although it seems that this design does not contemplate the possibility of being replaced.
AirTags are designed to be attached to small objects such as a keychain, a bag, an iPhone or iPad or any other object that we do not want to give up on the first change and its operation is very similar which has already been offering us Tile devices for several years.
However, unlike Tiles, these use an ultra-wide band chip, emitting radio signals that will be transmitted through a wide band of the radio spectrum through the walls, being devices, such as the iPhone with the U1 chip, which allow locating the objects to which they are associated simply by passing by of them, without ever knowing about him. The location information will only be shown to the owner of the beacons.