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Alternatively, the update could simply be a maintenance release to fix minor bugs.

However, its important to note you wont be able to manually set up the new update.

Instead, it should update automaticallysomething many users have complained about and hope a future firmware update addresses.

Apple AirTags box

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This is the first firmware update since June, which acknowledgedusers privacy concerns over unwanted tracking.

This notifies unknowing AirTag carriers of the rig much sooner and hopefully will better discourage their misuse.

Apple has been working on and updating AirTags since they wereinitially launched in April.

However, shortly after their release, consumers started to have security and privacy concerns over possible unwanted tracking.