Apple’s AirTag has come with its fair share of safety concerns, most of which have to do with problems like stalking. But now, the company’s adding new warning labels after being hit with a violation related to its battery.
New AirTag warning labels aim to protect children
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a press release today where it outlines Apple’s AirTag violation, and the fix that Apple has reportedly already implemented (via macReports).
The CPSC notified Apple that AirTag was in violation of warning label requirements related to Reese’s Law.
Essentially the law requires products with button cell or coin batteries to include warning labels ‘to protect children from life threatening ingestion.’
Apple’s AirTag, a popular tracking device, met the performance requirements for securing the AirTag’s lithium coin cell battery; however, the units imported after the March 19, 2024, effective date of Reese’s Law did not have the required on-product and on-box warnings concerning the severe risk of injury from battery ingestion if these small batteries are not kept out of reach of children.
Apple has now included a warning symbol inside the battery compartment and changed its box to include required warning statements and symbols. Because a number of violative units have been sold to consumers, and to assist consumers in the future, Apple has updated the instructions that appear in the Find My app each time a user is prompted to change the AirTag battery to now include a warning about the hazards of button and coin cell batteries.
It is unclear exactly when the changes were made to AirTag hardware, but presumably there are AirTags available for purchase now that include the new warning labels on the box and inside the unit.
Adding warnings inside the Find My app is a nice fix for everyone who has older AirTag devices, too. Perhaps they arrived alongside AirTag’s new iOS 18.2 feature.
Have you seen the new warning labels on your AirTag, or in the Find My app? Let us know in the comments.
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