The AirTag from Apple has faced numerous safety issues, with many related to stalking concerns. Recently, the company has introduced new warning labels following a violation concerning its battery.
New Warning Labels for AirTag Focus on Child Safety
Today, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released a statement detailing Apple’s AirTag violation, along with the corrective measures Apple is said to have already undertaken (via macReports).
The CPSC informed Apple that the AirTag was not compliant with the required warning labels in accordance with Reese’s Law.
This law mandates that products containing button cell or coin batteries must have warning labels to ‘protect children from potentially life-threatening ingestion.’
Here are the specifics:
While Apple’s AirTag, a widely used tracking device, satisfies the performance standards for securing the lithium coin cell battery, the units brought in after the March 19, 2024, enforcement date of Reese’s Law lacked the necessary warnings on the product and packaging regarding the high risk of injury from battery ingestion if these small batteries are not stored out of children’s reach.
Apple has now added a warning symbol inside the battery compartment and updated its packaging to include required cautionary statements and symbols. Given that several non-compliant units have been sold, Apple has also modified the instructions within the Find My app that appear when a user is alerted to change the AirTag battery, now including a warning about the dangers of button and coin cell batteries.
The exact timing of when these hardware changes were made to the AirTag remains unclear, but it is likely that the current stock of AirTags on sale now features the new warning labels both on the packaging and within the device.
Enhancing the instructions in the Find My app serves as a beneficial update for users with older AirTag devices as well. This may coincide with the rollout of the new iOS 18.2 feature for AirTag.
Have you noticed the new warning labels on your AirTag, or in the Find My app? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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