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There's AirGuard app on Android that will similarly check for AirTags.

Furthermore, there's also an app made by Apple (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.trac...)

Of course, Tracker Detect needs to be activated manually so you'll still be stalkable unless you constantly open the app.

After the UI update to AirGuard the app doesn't seem to detect any Apple devices anymore. Maybe nobody around me uses AirTags, but I'd still expect it to detect the occasional iPhone.

AirGuard is still detecting AirTags and iPhones for me, and it automatically scans in the background without needing manual activation.

A previous version of AirGuard had a bug that interfered with detection, but that issue was fixed in version 1.3.4 (released in May):

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard/issues/63

Strange, the app is up to date. I've had more issues with MIUI because I disabled their shit customizations so I'm guessing this must be broken for me for a similar reason.

Did you implement all of these suggestions for Xiaomi devices? https://dontkillmyapp.com/xiaomi

I'm not using a stock OS, so keeping background processes active is not a problem on my device.

I don't think the Apple app is equivalent. It doesn't run in the background, you have to explicitly open it and initiate scans whenever you want to know if there's an air tag nearby

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