04/28/2026
Third-Party Gadgets Bring Find My Tracking
to Wallets, Chargers, and More
Thanks to the AirTag (see “Apple’s AirTag Promises to Help You Find Your Keys,” 20 April 2021), those of us who tend to leave our car keys in random locations no longer have to ransack the house to find them. Now their whereabouts are instantly revealed courtesy of an AirTag on a keychain. You can even see the AirTag on a map, if you leave it at the park or in a taxi, thanks to the Find My network that leverages more than a billion in-use Apple devices to relay an AirTag’s location wherever in the world it might be.
But where’s the Find My luggage lock? The Find My-enabled charger? A Find My keychain in a different form factor?
These gadgets are available from third-party manufacturers. This is another familiar pattern. Apple unveils new technologies, such as MagSafe, and releases a variety of accessories to build excitement. But over time, it withdraws from the field, leaving it to third-party makers to hoist their own banners.
So it has been with Find My devices.
https://tidbits.com/2026/02/20/third-party-gadgets-bring-find-my-tracking-to-wallets-chargers-and-more/
Apple’s AirTags are indispensable for tracking down a missing purse or wayward suitcase, but the large lozenge shape isn’t ideal for all Find My scenarios. Third-party accessory makers have stepped in with a range of Find My trackers—Julio Ojeda-Zapata looks at a wallet, several wallet cards, ...