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How do you find an AirTag on the web using iCloud.com's FindMyiPhone (not the app?)

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  • iCloud 'Find My' page shows AirTag so it MAY now be possible. Although iCloud User Guide doesn't mention AirTag, but maybe they simply haven't updated it. AirTag uses bluetooth so it can't directly tell iCloud, however every iOS device checks for AirTags near it & relay its location (GPS coordinates from helper phones likely) to iCloud. Apple calls this the 'Find My network' as detailed on its main page Commented Sep 15, 2022 at 17:06
  • I'll be testing the possibility in near future & will try to remember to post an answer if I find its possible Commented Sep 15, 2022 at 17:06
  • Confirmed icloud.com/find will not show AirTags after I setup a COUPLE new ones :( Here is a related article that infers these things only work with the app...hopefully for now Commented Oct 7, 2022 at 22:00
  • It does not show any items, just devices Commented Oct 1 at 23:42

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AirTags can only be tracked with Find My app, either on an iPhone/iPad or Mac - but not on the web.

Instructions from Apple for locating and AirTag:

Open the Find My app, then tap the Items tab.

Choose the AirTag you want to locate in the Items list.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210967

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    Has this changed? Will they be adding it to iCloud eventually? Commented Mar 6, 2022 at 19:16
  • @Aaron_H There have been no announcements/changes on the matter Commented Mar 7, 2022 at 16:33
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    It's true, but it's sooo annoying. Why is this not available in the browser?! Thanks Apple! Commented Jan 14, 2024 at 22:47
  • Have they ever given a reason for this? Or is it simply greed? Commented Oct 1 at 23:43
  • @Turkeyphant It is likely a result of the Find My network being semi-end-to-end encrypted Commented Oct 2 at 1:24
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You can't find it on the web using https://www.icloud.com/find.

It is only visible in the owner's iPhone via the Find My app. It works away from the owner's phone.

Basically, it updates its location every time the tag finds any iPhone around.

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  • It's available on any of the owners iPhones, Macs or ipads Commented Oct 1 at 23:43
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If you want to DIY: You may be able to extract the data from a Mac. macOS 10.x, 11 (Big Sur), 12 (Monterey) and 13 (Ventura) have all been found to have an unencrypted FindMy cache at $HOME/Library/Caches/com.apple.findmy.fmipcore/Items.data. This data is observed in macOS on official Mac hardware or in a virtual OS container using Docker-OSX. The Docker approach is notoriously finicky, but could still be worth checking out if uptime isn't a big concern. You would need to host a frontend to display the data.

To see all your tags on a web map or get location via API, there's Airpinpoint, has a web view with a free tier for up to 32 AirTags and 400 location requests per month.

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  • How does this answer the question asked? Commented Dec 27, 2024 at 8:55
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    No idea why you got down voted, this is by and far the best answer here. Commented Apr 6 at 21:23
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    yeah not sure why either. I work with this stuff every day and this is the current answer, and answers the question asked - if you want to see it on the web you need to use a service like AirPinpoint or scrape cache and self host a web frontend Commented Apr 8 at 8:07
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As of iOS 18.2, you can now share a link to view your AirTag or other Find My-compatible tag in a browser to help other people find it, but you can only share them when they are missing. Sharing stops when you reunite with the item, after 7 days, or when you end it manually.

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/iphone/iph3bedf2cc5/ios

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It doesn't have a built-in GPS signal sender, so it can only be used by your cell-phone App which means the range is under 15 meters.

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    But you can find AirTags that are more than 15 metres away - so how does it do that? AiurTag uses any devices on the Find My network not just your iPhone Commented May 7, 2021 at 19:39
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    Also AirTags don't have GPS in them. No way they could last for a year with a coin battery if they did. You can find the location when you're far away because every Apple Device that receives them will report their location when they see one. Commented Oct 2, 2021 at 21:22
  • well, the cloud also records that location Commented May 18, 2024 at 5:10

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