Can I use tag to find my car?

If you left an AirTag in you car, and there's an Apple device close enough to it, to pick it up and report its location to Apple, then yes.

If there are no devices nearby to where the car is, there would be no way to get the AirTag's location.

Apple's own website states this:

click here ➜ AirTag - Apple

When youʼve left something far behind, like at the beach or

the gym, the Find My network — hundreds of millions of iPhone, iPad, and

Mac devices around the world — helps track down your AirTag. And itʼs

designed to protect your privacy every step of the way.

Was the explanation given above not sufficient?

Is there something else you want to know?

If you left an AirTag in you car, and there's an Apple device close enough to it, to pick it up and report its location to Apple, then yes, [you can try to find the car]

If there are no devices nearby to where the car is, there would be no way to get the AirTag's location.

Bluetooth is just one factor. An Apple AirTag does NOT known its location. It relies on the Apple crowd-sourcing Find My Network, which literally consists of millions of iPhones to relay the tag's ID, along with the iPhone's GPS location to the Apple servers over the Internet. That is where you will see its "location" with the Find My app on an iPhone.

Again, an Android phone can "sense" the presence of an AirTag, but it can't participate in that Apple network.

Bluetooh does not provide location information. You would need GPS for that and the AirTags do not have that technology ... and why they are inexpensive vs. GPS devices.

Watusi2024 wrote:

Define “near”.

Bluetooth range. Less than 30 feet.

Hi Phil,

I own an Apple AirTag but before purchasing it I asked for information at the Genius Bar of the Apple Store and it was clarified to me that AirTags use the Bluetooth of any smartphones, not just iPhone.

Then you were misinformed. Why? Because although Android phones can receive the tag's signal, they cannot participate in the Apple Find My Network to relay the location to the Apple servers ... unless something changed very recently.

How can you be sure? Is there any information sheet that clarifies which devices are used to determine location? If they use Bluetooth to be able to report the presence of a tag, why shouldn't they be able to track the location anonymously?

Already answered above.

Define “near”.