To stop all AirTag customers from requesting a firmware replace on the similar time, which might tax Apple’s laptop methods, the corporate staggers the discharge of such updates in order that such a state of affairs does not happen. That is sensible, proper? Nonetheless, in keeping with a tweet from “X” account
iSoftware Updates (@iSWUpdates), Apple made a mistake when it set the deployment date for the AirTag replace to model 2.0.73.
The replace usually would have a deployment date utilizing the next format: “m/d/2024” with “m” representing the month and “d” representing the date of the replace. When Apple punched within the 12 months, whoever was tasked with that job by accident typed in “m/d/24” by mistake. Or perhaps it was simply muscle reminiscence since most locations ask for the final two years of the present date as an alternative of all 4 digits.
Nonetheless, the error created a state of affairs inside Apple. As @iSWU defined in his tweet, “Consequently, AirTags suppose the deployment dates are within the 12 months 24 and so they simply skip to the 100% rollout batch.” The latter does precisely what it appears like and pushes out the replace to all AirTag models wherever they’re on this planet, all on the similar time.
As for the firmware replace to model 2.0.73, Apple didn’t launch an in depth changelog for the replace which implies that we don’t know what adjustments AirTag house owners ought to anticipate after updating the merchandise tracker. That is the primary replace for the AirTag tracker since final October. To replace your AirTag, hold it near the iPhone that you’ve got it paired with. Open the Discover My app on the iPhone whereas strolling across the space. That ought to assist the handset detect the AirTag and set off the replace.
Talking of AirTag, Apple not too long ago tried to have a lawsuit filed within the U.S. District Courtroom for the Northern District of California, dismissed. The swimsuit accuses the merchandise tracker of being utilized by criminals to stalk their victims. Per
Bloomberg, Decide Vince Chhabria refused to dismiss the case noting that the three plaintiffs had introduced ample claims to again up allegations of negligence and product legal responsibility in opposition to Apple.
