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metanomicon
The article falsely claims, "But if he’d been using an Android phone instead, he never would have known what was happening until it was too late."

Apple released an app for Android to detect Airtags.

https://www.androidauthority.com/airtag-app-3074984/

voakbasda
Someone needs to produce a timeline. My own impression was that Apple released the Android app after the first public cases of these shenanigans. But that’s based on my own possibly mixed memories of the various news cycles.
halfdan
Does that mean all Android users must now install the app to prevent getting Airtagged? That seems ridiculous and calling this a false claim is questionable ar best.
AlexAndScripts
It doesn't work in the background and notify you, like the iPhone system, you have to actively click to scan in the app. According to the reviews it's also quite unreliable.
yunohn
As the article is dated, this app was released /less/ than a week ago.