Latest beta of iOS 15.4 includes anti-stalking changes for AirTag

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The subsequent launch of iOS will carry with it some necessary anti-stalking updates to Apple’s AirTag merchandise tracker.

Immediately, Apple launched the fourth developer beta of iOS 15.4. As noticed by MacRumors, the newest model of the beta contains the brand new anti-stalking measures for AirTag that Apple introduced earlier this month.

The brand new setup display screen for AirTag will warn customers that “utilizing this merchandise to trace individuals with out their consent is a criminal offense.”

“You may find this merchandise utilizing the Discover My community. Utilizing this merchandise to trace individuals with out their consent is a criminal offense in lots of areas around the globe. This merchandise is designed to be detected by victims and to allow legislation enforcement to request figuring out details about the proprietor.”

The corporate can be engaged on an replace that may extra clearly state when an unknown accent is detected, a problem that has affected AirPods and brought on confusion for customers. The replace additionally gives adjustments to how customers customise their AirTag notifications.

Apple additionally stated that it could handle a bug that was inflicting confusion round undesirable monitoring, a change that can be seemingly within the new beta. AirPods may cause an “Unknown Accent Alert” warning that some individuals had been decoding as a discover from an AirTag. AirTags aren’t in a position to show the “Unknown Accent Detected” messaging, which is attributable to AirPods Professional, AirPods Max, third-generation AirPods, and in some circumstances, a Discover My community accent.

We’ve got confirmed the messaging adjustments are within the present iOS 15.4 beta, and Apple has additionally made another minor tweaks as effectively. Within the Discover My app, there isn’t a longer an choice to toggle off “Merchandise Security Alerts,” with Apple as a substitute providing “Customise Discover My Notifications” and “Customise Monitoring Notifications” choices.

Later this 12 months, Apple can be working to make AirTag alerts louder and convey Precision Discovering to AirPods. The brand new developer beta of iOS 15.4 additionally added a brand new voice for Siri.