Apple may be planning to launch a new product called 'AirTags' that would help you find lost items like keys or wallets — here's everything we know so far (AAPL)

Apple is reportedly planning to release a new accessory that would communicate with your iPhone to help you find lost belongings.The product, reportedly called AirTags, would be similar to the trackers and stickers sold by Tile.AirTags would integrate with the iPhone's Find My app, allowing you to keep tabs on misplaced products so long as they're marked with one of Apple's tags.Apple has yet to confirm the existence of such a product, but one analyst suggests it could debut in the first half of 2020.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

Apple already offers software features for helping device owners find their lost iPhone, misplaced Mac laptop, or wayward AirPods. Now, the company is reportedly thinking about launching a new product that would be designed to help Apple device users find other easily lost items as well.

Apple is said to be working on a new product called "AirTags," which would be small trackers that can be placed on everyday items like keys, wallets, and purses, that allow you to locate such items using your iPhone. Based on the reports so far, it sounds like AirTags would be very similar to products sold by Tile, which offers small trackers that when attached to belongings like sunglasses, keys, and TV remotes, work with the company's smartphone app to pinpoint their location.

Blog 9to5Mac first reported that Apple is working on such a product back in April 2019, and TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently reported that Apple may release these so-called AirTags in the first quarter of 2020.

Here's everything we've heard about AirTags so far. 

Original author: Lisa Eadicicco