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Apple silently changed the AirTag‘s retail box to comply with Reese’s Law’s warning label requirements.
The law requires devices with coin-cell batteries to show a warning label about keeping them out of reach of children.
AirTag packaging gets a new warning label
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued Apple a Notice of Violation for AirTags’ not adhering to Reese’s Law. The law requires devices using coin cell batteries to show warnings “to protect children from life threatening ingestion.” It went into force on March 19, 2024.
The announcement states that Apple now includes a warning symbol on the AirTag retail box. It has also added a warning symbol inside the tracking tags’ battery compartment. However, the US CPSC did not specifically mention when the company made the changes.
It’s not clear if the US CPSC fined Apple for temporarily violating Reese’s Law. It is also unclear if the changes to the AirTag have been implemented exclusively in the US or globally.
Find My app to show a warning when replacing battery
Since Apple already sold some AirTag units without the necessary warnings to consumers, it has made a behavioral tweak in the Find My app. Now, when a prompt to change the AirTag battery appears, the app will display a warning about keeping coin-cell batteries out of reach of children. The company never made this change official from its end.
AirTag uses a CR2032 coin cell battery that can last about a year. You can easily replace the AirTags battery when required, with the wide availability of the CR2032 cell further making things easier.
