1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,800 I'd like to introduce you to Apple's AirTag. 2 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,760 It's their latest foray into the world of Bluetooth trackers, and it's something we've 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:24,920 been waiting quite a while for now. The idea is it helps you find things you've lost, whether it's nearby or far away, and 4 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,760 to put it to the test, I'm going to be leaving this backpack full of Prestus merch on this 5 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:41,760 train, and we're going to see how easy it is to get back in a couple of hours. 6 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,960 Now before the panic sets in, what you're going to want to do is put the AirTag in 7 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,720 lost mode. You can do that by just opening up the find my app and then tapping on the object and 8 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:55,040 clicking enable lost mode. Now what this lets you do is put your phone number with the AirTag so that if somebody 9 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:59,680 finds it, they can connect to the AirTag with NFC, be taken to a web page with the number, 10 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:09,200 and hopefully reconnect you with your lost object. I'm curious if that's what's going to happen to us today. 11 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,200 Alright so in the meantime, what we're going to do is we're going to find a set of keys 12 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,680 that I had a colleague hide somewhere in the city, and one of the great things with AirTags 13 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:30,560 in the find my app is that you can get directions straight to the place using Apple Maps. 14 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:35,240 Now while we're on the way to this AirTag, I should probably explain how AirTags work. 15 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:40,240 They don't have GPS built into them that would take too much electricity, so they use Bluetooth 16 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:45,800 low energy. And with Bluetooth low energy, what an AirTag is doing is it's looking for another phone 17 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,360 to connect to to then send out its location. 18 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:54,360 The big leverage point for Apple is that they use their find my network, which is basically 19 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:59,000 every iPhone that has it turned on, which is upwards of a billion users now. 20 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,080 And what that means is that the AirTag can connect with an encrypted connection to any 21 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:11,320 iPhone that's nearby and tell you where it is. So you're bound to get a more accurate reading more quickly with AirTags than you would with 22 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,320 any of the competitors. 23 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,200 In 250 meters, the destination is on your left. 24 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,320 Where are we? 25 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,360 All right, so we've arrived at where it says the keys are. 26 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,360 And now I have to go and find them more precisely. 27 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:44,160 So let's see how this goes. OK, so it says that the keys are here with me. 28 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:50,120 So what I'm going to have to use is ultra wideband to get a precise location of where 29 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,640 it is just by hitting find nearby. It's going to try and connect. 30 00:02:53,640 --> 00:03:00,320 Oh, six and a half meters away. Try and connect to the AirTag and then point me in the direction of where it is. 31 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:04,600 Now, ultra wideband only works if you have an iPhone 11 or 12. 32 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:11,000 Otherwise, you can make it make a sound. So it's around here and I should put the sound on. 33 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,120 Is it in the ground in the garden? 34 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:20,120 It's in on a. 35 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,800 There it is. Now, when you get really close to the object, your phone starts to vibrate like it's in 36 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,600 a game of hot and cold. And here it is in a bike. 37 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,600 How clever they've been anywhere in the city. 38 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,960 Well, now that I have an AirTag, we can now talk about the design of it. 39 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:53,560 It's a curious little thing that really evokes the design of the old iPod, you know, with 40 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:58,840 the glossy white plastic on the front and the shiny glossy chrome on the back. 41 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,440 It's also just as easily scratched and scuffed as those old devices were. 42 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:08,440 Now, annoyingly, it doesn't have any sort of hole or anything on it so that you can 43 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:15,560 attach a key ring or some sort of lanyard. So if you buy one of these things, you have to buy a holder if you want to attach it to 44 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:23,520 a key or a backpack. And this key ring from Apple costs $35 on top of the already $30 you spent on the AirTag. 45 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:28,800 Now, I'm sure Amazon will come to the rescue with really cheap options, but I hope they're 46 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:29,800 of good quality. 47 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,760 So what about when it comes to tracking people, which is probably something you don't want? 48 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:50,560 Apple has thought about that in the design of the AirTags. They have a couple of protections which are interesting. 49 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,560 For one, an AirTag that's separated from its owner will start chiming whenever it's 50 00:04:54,560 --> 00:05:01,040 moved after three days. So if you don't even have an iPhone, you'll probably know about it then. 51 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:06,000 But if you do have an iPhone and you're running iOS 14.5 or higher, you will get a notification 52 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,160 saying that an AirTag that's not yours is nearby. 53 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:16,600 We tested this with my cameraman, but he didn't get the notification until he arrived at home. 54 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:24,320 So it's not that instantaneous. In fact, today I've had an AirTag on me all day that isn't mine, and I'm still none 55 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:32,600 the wiser. All right, so it's been a couple of hours since we left the backpack on the train, and 56 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,280 so I'm curious where it is at the moment. 57 00:05:36,280 --> 00:05:42,480 Oh, it's at the SkyTrain station, well actually the Canada Line station nearby here, Marine 58 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:47,640 Drive, which incidentally is the train station where I left the backpack on the train. 59 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,520 Now I have been monitoring it through the day, and it did make a couple of lengths up and 60 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,480 down the line, but it made it back to its home. 61 00:05:55,480 --> 00:06:03,280 This train is for YVR Airport. 62 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:17,160 It says it's here, but it could be, you think there's an office below or something? 63 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:21,120 We're shipping near it, according to the last update, which was eight minutes ago. 64 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:30,560 I can't get a signal, I can't get a U1 signal, and I can't get it to play sound. 65 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:39,080 With the ultra-wideband chip, the range isn't that great. I've seen maybe 10 meters max, which is about 30 feet, 100 feet, 200 feet make things a 66 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,480 lot easier, but I'm not getting a signal, and I'm not even getting a Bluetooth signal 67 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:48,240 either to be able to play a sound or anything like that. 68 00:06:48,240 --> 00:07:04,000 According to the map, it's on the tracks, but I don't see anything. 69 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:16,960 Disappointed, disappointed, okay, so it's the next day, and I thought I'd have to end 70 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:23,200 the piece thinking that the bag is gone and lost forever and that we really pushed what 71 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:30,760 the air tag can do. But actually, I checked the app this morning, and it's moved. 72 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:35,160 It's in the maintenance building for the train line, so there's hope. 73 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:41,520 I forwarded your message on to my manager, and I'm sure he'll be in contact with you 74 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,600 when the train lost property gets your backpacks. 75 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,680 You can pick it up from them at the stadium station. 76 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,120 Okay, well, I appreciate all the help. 77 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:10,000 Now, Jonathan, you said you called when you were coming here, because it could still be 78 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:14,240 in quarantine right now. Oh, you know, I was wondering about that. 79 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,440 When I was listening to them, I lost it on Wednesday. 80 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:23,080 It drove here on Friday, and it's still in quarantine, but when did you give me a description 81 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:27,680 that I can go back? So it's just a blue and red backpack. 82 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,680 It should have a little thing dangling on the front of it. A little thing dangling on the front of it. 83 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:39,680 Thanks. It must be not out of quarantine, Jonathan. 84 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:46,560 Here's our number. Give us a call, because it should be out tomorrow morning, I'm hoping. 85 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:50,560 As you said, you tracked it right here. Yeah, it's right here. 86 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:54,560 I could probably beep it. I could make it beep. 87 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:57,560 Really? I just want to see if I can get it working. 88 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:06,560 Wonderful. Thank you for being here. 89 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:10,560 Yeah, they're so handy, eh? I got it back. 90 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:14,560 I never thought that would happen. 91 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:19,200 All right, so I guess what we showed is that the Lost and Found system does in fact work, 92 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:25,440 which is nice to know. But if I didn't have this, I'd have to use TransLink's broken web form or call them and 93 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,080 try and describe what the bag looks like and hope it just turns up. 94 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:33,720 But this just made things so much easier, and now I have it back. 95 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:38,040 For me, initially I thought the air tags would just be ideally suited for my wallet, because 96 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,080 I do lose it in the house on occasion. 97 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:45,120 But I don't know, after this, there's something to be said about attaching one to your bag 98 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,800 or to another object you value, should you ever really lose it. 99 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:54,520 It really goes to show just how handy that FindMyNetwork is. 100 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,760 Thanks for tracking this Mac Address, and make sure to like and subscribe. 101 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,560 Now, I'm sure you're curious what's in this bag, so let's take a look. 102 00:10:01,560 --> 00:10:07,800 We got an adorable little CPU pillow from the LTT Store, as well as a water bottle still 103 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:15,280 in its box, a fashion wireless keyboard, and a bunch of t-shirts that are too big. 104 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:16,240 Where's the mock turtleneck?