Following advice from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Apple has printed new warnings on its AirTag series of Bluetooth and ultra-wideband trackers. The CPSC, an independent agency of the US government, previously warned that the company had not adequately warned parents and others about the risk of swallowing the integrated battery (CR2032 button cell with lithium).
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CPSC had due to a new law reese’s lawA “Notice of Infringement” was sent to the iPhone company. Reese’s Law requires coin cell devices to have clear “on-product” and “on-box” warnings if imported into the United States after March 19, 2024.
Among other things, the label states that “death and serious injury” can occur after ingestion – including “internal chemical burns within at least two hours.” Therefore, you should keep batteries out of the reach of children and seek immediate medical attention if they have been swallowed – or inserted “in any other part of the body”.
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Following the rule violation notice, Apple has now responded and printed warnings on both AirTag cases and battery compartments in the United States. Since unlabeled devices were sold in the period after the Reese Act was enacted, the company updated its “Find My?” Have also adapted the app accordingly and now published a warning there. However, to date it has not been demonstrated within the EU. It is unclear whether this will happen later; It appears that US laws are strict here.
In the past, jamming problems have occurred repeatedly with AirTags and their batteries – not only with children, but with pets as well. To make matters worse, Apple has apparently banned CR2032 models that have a protective coating that makes the battery “taste” bitter. The company has also warned about this child-safe version in a support document. It says, “Some CR2032 batteries with bitter coatings may not work with AirTags or other battery-powered products.”
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