3 out of 8 AirTags are still on old v1.0.291

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2 AirTags are from last year. Other 1 is new from almost a week ago. So, why are these 3 AirTags still on the old version while the rest are updated on the (new/lat)est v2.0.73? I already tried replacing its batteries. Find My works fine. What is taking so long to update? Are they missing a lot between these 2 versions? I wished there was a way to force manual updates. Also, replacing their batteries didn’t help. :( 2 AirTags are from last year and other 1 is new from almost a week ago. So, why are these 3 AirTags still on the old version while the rest are updated on the (new/lat)est v2.0.73? I already tried replacing its batteries. Find My works fine. What is taking so long to update? Are they missing a lot between these 2 versions? I wished there was a way to force manual updates. Also, replacing their batteries didn’t help. :( This is with an old iPhone 11 Pro Max’s iOS v17.7.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

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I am reading and answering.

This process worked for me on an update some time ago (but since Apple has made updating so opaque, I can’t say if this is a solution for sure): in the Find My app, see what device receives “Notify When Left Behind” notifications from your AirTags. It appears AirTags must connect to that device over Bluetooth to receive firmware updates. I discovered this when I changed my notifications from an iPad to an iPhone. I had been periodically trying to get my AirTags to update using the iPhone for months; they updated very soon after I made the change.

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Are you saying to have both notifications enabled for both when found (greyed out and not on though) and when left behind?

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On my setup, “Notify When Left Behind” is enabled. “Notify When Found” is not enabled (none of my AirTags are currently lost).

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How/where can one see the version of an Air Tag?

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Thanks!
Francisco

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OK. This is weird! The shared AirTags’ outdated versions only show in “Find My” in my iPhone 12 mini under share, but the owner’s iPhone’s AirTags status show the updated versions. We’re both using iOS v17.7 (not v18 yet). Rebooting iPhones didn’t fix it. A bug in Find My with remote shared AirTags?