Can An AirTag In Your Car Help You Find It In A Parking Lot?

Maybe, but maybe not

I read an AirTag review recently where the author mentioned putting an AirTag in his car. For a half-second, I wondered why but quickly thought, “Oh, sure, they have an old car. Nothing built in to know where they parked.”

But then a few seconds later, I thought again. I realized that I have never once tried out the “Locate Vehicle” function in the app for my car. Could it be as good as the Apple Find My app is with an AirTag? I doubted it, and the more I thought about…