Apple AirTag gets modded into a wallet-sized card for your convenience

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The Apple AirTag has been out in the wild for simply a calendar week, but it'southward already having its fair share of issues, from scratching to stalking. Size isn't one of them, even so 1 YouTuber has accounted the gadget too thick for wallets — and so the AirTag menu was born.

The AirTag's 8mm thickness does make it difficult for the tracker to slot in alongside your cards. Unless yous deconstruct the entire thing and rearrange the components. AirTag (re)Get together!

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Andrew Ngai set himself the chore of tearing down his AirTag and rejigging the components into a card that can slip into his wallet, with no cruddy bulges to be seen. While the 10-infinitesimal video might make y'all think y'all could give this a go, Ngai warns against information technology isn't for average Joe users.

"I would not recommend this to everyone who'south non familiar with hands-on electronic piece of work, because some components on the PCB [printed circuit board] is really delicate — and I actually broke off the power connector in one case. And I had to solder information technology dorsum on. That was not fun.

"But if you practise desire to replicate it, then you tin can refer to my video and see what I did wrong, and what you tin can expect."

In his quest to recast the AirTag into a thinner form gene, Ngai gave upward on prying the PCB out of the plastic beat. He had to resort to heating it up to 150 degrees Fahrenheit / 65 caste Celsius to go the glue to soften, allowing him to remove the lath.

The board and battery are stacked in the AirTag, so by splitting them up and sitting them next, Ngai managed to reduce the thickness significantly. What'south more, he demonstrates how neatly it fits into his wallet in its new land.

As he points out, this is not for the faint of heart. If you lot've simply shelled out $29 / £29 / AU$45 for an AirTag. Just if you lot have experience with this sort of thing, or don't heed spending for a new one if you botch the job, then you tin can judge whether information technology's worth the risk.

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Shabana is T3'southward News Editor roofing tech and gaming, and has been writing nigh video games for virtually a decade (and playing them since forever). As well as contributing to Tom's Guide, she'southward had bylines at major gaming sites during her freelance career before settling down at T3, and has podcasts, streaming, and video content under her belt to boot. Outside of work, she likewise plays video games and should really think near expanding her hobbies.