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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by HumblyTossed on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:34PM (#39782572)
Also, Apple licenses out the Find My tech to other trackers. But... you don't get the new precision finding features.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by shagie on Thursday March 21, 2024 @05:10PM (#39784446)
> But... you don't get the new precision finding features.

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

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by HumblyTossed on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:40PM (#39785780)
Maybe it's new because existing ones that work with Find My cannot.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by shagie on Friday March 22, 2024 @11:34AM (#39791726)
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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