- The US CPSC has announced that Apple’s AirTag is now compliant with Reese’s Law.
- Apple’s item tracker now features additional warnings about potential battery dangers.
- The law focuses on preventing the “ingestion of life-threatening coin or button batteries.”
No, it’s not an AirTag 2, but Apple’s AirTag now comes with a warning label attached to the case and a symbol next to the battery cover to make the item tracker compliant with Reese’s Law in the United States , according to a new notice issued by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission..
While Apple’s item tracker has come under scrutiny for unwanted tracking, this time around, Apple’s item tracker is now in line with the “warning label requirements” of Reese’s Law after violating it.
The law is to have appropriate labels and warning notices on products with ‘button or button batteries’ to prevent children from ‘life-threatening ingestion’.
Since its launch, Apple’s AirTag has had the proper mechanism to keep the battery in place. However, units imported after the Reese’s Act effective date (March 19, 2024) were not compliant because they were missing the label on the tracker’s box or battery cover.
The company is now placing a label on the box to warn about the battery and to help prevent ingestion, as well as adding an icon to the inside of the AirTag door.
Additionally, since the units were sold without proper labels, an update to the Find My app’s interface for changing the battery warns “about the dangers of coin and button batteries.”
He CPSC worked with Apple to align the AirTag with Reese’s Law and is the one issuing the statement revealing how the company now complies with the law. It’s a win-win, especially for consumer protection and hopefully preventing battery ingestion.
Apple’s AirTag has been on the market since 2021 and has proven to be a very useful item tracker that works perfectly with the iPhone, among other devices. One of the main benefits is that it has a user-replaceable battery, so it is important to make it safer and free of potential dangers.
Of course, as with most Apple products, Rumors are swirling around a successor to the original AirTag. with greater privacy and improved connectivity. That second-generation AirTag could arrive later this year, but for now, the current model complies with Reese’s Law.
