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HumblyTossed on March 21, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPh...

Also, Apple licenses out the Find My tech to other trackers. But... you don't get the new precision finding features.

shagie on March 21, 2024 [–]

> But... you don't get the new precision finding features.

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2021/10165/ appears to suggest differently.

HumblyTossed on March 21, 2024 | [–]

Maybe it's new because existing ones that work with Find My cannot.

shagie on March 22, 2024 | | [–]

They have to buy the chips (and integrate them) from a vendor like https://www.st.com/en/wireless-connectivity/ultra-wideband-p... or https://www.nxp.com/applications/enabling-technologies/conne...

It isn't something that any device can do by default. For example, Samsung integrated it into their Smart Tags ( https://www.androidpolice.com/samsung-smarttag-2-uwb/ )

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