Apple
Apple AirTag 2
Longer-range Precision Finding and a louder speaker; still the best tracker for iPhone, useless on Android.
- Buy it if
- You use an iPhone and want to find keys, bags or luggage quickly.
- Skip it if
- You use Android — it's effectively useless without an iPhone.
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Who we pick it for
- iPhone only: put it on the keys and the morning search is over. Stocking stuffers people use on Christmas morning — with which phones they work on →
- In the bag, gate-checked or not. iPhone only — on Android, pick a tracker that works with Google's Find My Device. The carry-on tech pouch: the few things that replace the tangle →
- Put one on his keys and ID lanyard and he can find them with his iPhone in Find My. It only works with an iPhone, and you can share it with up to five people if you want to help him look. Dorm essentials for guys: the tech list for one outlet and a top bunk →
- Drop one in the glovebox to find the car in a big lot or if it's ever taken. Register it to her account and share it with you, and tell her it's there; iPhones and Android phones alert people to AirTags they don't know about. New teen driver? Put these in her first car before she drives alone →
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Small, useful tech that gets opened and used the same day — and a note on each one saying whether it needs an iPhone.
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The carry-on tech pouch: the few things that replace the tangle
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Dorm essentials for guys: the tech list for one outlet and a top bunk
For parents packing a son's first dorm room: one outlet, a top bunk, no AC and a roommate he hasn't met. The catch: every school bans different things, so check his housing list before you order.
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New teen driver? Put these in her first car before she drives alone
For parents of a new teen driver who want a dead battery or a low tire to be a fix, not a crisis. The catch: in a hot car, some of this gear should ride in her bag, not the glovebox.