Thanks for the feedback!

You can buy cheap nfc Stickers for the same effect

Thanks Dr. Cole!

Very nice, love it! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the kind words Melissa. I'm glad you are having as much fun as me automating your home. Keep up the good work! 😃

Hugh, thank you for the comment and support! 🙏

Hugh says everything I was thinking. Keep up the great ideas on automation.

Except Shane diod not come up with any of this - that was Apple and the 3rd party accessory makers. Notice the airpod case and remotes have built in airtag holders > 3rd party. Shane simply bought all this stuff and synced up the functionality that someone else progremmed and did a video on what was available. Not really seeing anything original or unique that Shane specifically "came up with" on his own.

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the feedback Marcus!

Thanks for the comment and idea. Love it!

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Awesome, thanks for watching! Let us know what cool ideas you come up with! 😃

Great idea!

Keep in mind that will only work for your iPhone or whatever you’ve set the automation. If somebody found the tag with won’t don’t much thing

@@jomotech Yes, I know. It was only intended to work for me.

@@GretchenCawthon got your point now! 🙂

Thanks bro, appreciate it!!

Thanks for watching. Can't wait to hear what you come up with!

Thanks Adam!

I sure is fun! Thanks for subscribing! 😀

Thanks Brandon!

So cool! I'm glad the video was helpful. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the feedback. I would think an airtag could help in a situation like that. lol

You can drop a pin for a parked vehicle that has CarPlay and you can then use the Maps app on your iPhone to show you where your car is at. I have used this in the past. It is quite convenient.

@@Polkster13 works even for cars without carplay that have a bluetooth connection to your phone

You can also just say something like this: “Hey Siri, remember where I parked my car.” Then it will pin a very exact location which you can later find again by asking: “Hey Siri, where did I park my car?” You will be able to see your car on ’s Maps App. I also used this trick once to find my bike which I parked near a festival. Hope my comment was useful/helpful for somebody :) .

@@germantechniclover8195 this is very helpful. Thanks so much!

Thanks Kristian! That was just the native Apple Reminders app.

I was wondering about Apple Watch too.

Can’t comment on #1, but you can absolutely use an NFC tag outside to trigger an automation like that. It would be cheaper and more durable to use a weatherproof NFC tag instead of an AirTag since NFC tags don’t need a battery and are weatherproof (unlike AirTag). You can buy them on Amazon very cheap ($1/tag). They usually come with an adhesive backing so you can affix it to something. Be aware that if you plan to put one on a metal surface you’ll need to get an NFC tag specific for metal surfaces. Regular NFC tags placed on a metal surface will often have a difficult time being read by your phone, but they sell ones with a special material inside to eliminate the interference between the NFC tag and the metal surface behind it. These may cost a few cents more per tag. Great if you want to put one on your fridge, washing machine, etc. There is no security risk when using NFC tag (either standalone tags or an AirTag) since the automation will only run when your phone detects it. When a phone reads the NFC tag (standalone or one inside an AirTag) without an automation configured on that phone, nothing will happen. It is only when you configure an automation on your phone to run once a specific NFC tag is detected that something happens (like turning on a light or unlocking a door). The downside of this is that you’ll need to setup the same automation on every phone you want to be able to unlock your door. The NFC tag simply serves as the trigger for your automation to run on a given phone/device. Hope that makes sense!

Hey Blake! I spent a number of years living (off and on) in North Carolina in my youth! 1. Unfortunately we cannot use the Apple Watch to trigger NFC automations. Wish we could and I keep hoping Apple will allow it. Seems like the tech is there since the watch does use NFC for things like HomeKey and ApplePay. Maybe one day... 2. I second Mike's comment. He nailed it. To add to that, as a bonus tip.... if you DO want to setup an NFC automation on multiple phones, you can first create a regular shortcut instead of the automation. You cannot share automations, but you CAN share shortcuts. This way, you can just share the shortcut, to your spouse for example, without having to recreate the whole thing. Now for NFC, just create a new NFC automation that, when tapped, runs the shortcut ('run shortcut' action). Now you only need to setup the NFC automation, with one step (run shortcut) on each phone.

Thanks for the idea Gregg!

Don’t you mean “Please Siri, may I have some more?”

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Thanks Frederick!! 😆😆

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Don’t need AirTag for NFC, use any hotel room key… or old credit card

@@amoroso1967 I didn’t know that either. Thanks.

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I'm referring the the "Website NFC Tag" prompt that pops up when scanning an AirTag. I don't think there is a way to disable this.

You can do it even with iOS 15.

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You can probably do something similar directly in the Aqara app. Setup an automation to run every day at a certain time, if the cabinet has been closed for over 6 hours, for example, then send a push notification. Alternatively, I'd check out this video for some ideas. We setup an automation that runs every day at a certain time, if NO motion has been detected all day: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/baeioaSxmpVolHk.html

@@ShaneCreates awesome thanks bro

Thanks for watching Emelia. I didn't post specific instructions for this but you can follow the steps shown in this video and just use the "Switch User Account" action (one of the Apple TV Remote shortcut actions)

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!

Great idea Bryan. I'm thinking you can do this if you use action to "get driving time from current location to home," then "IF Travel Time" is shorter than 60 minutes, "Set thermostat."

Hey Federico. First of all, I probably wouldn't use an AirTag for that. You might want to look at some outdoor NFC tags. Secondly, yes there are some ways around the requirement to tap the notification. This is happening because the front door is a "secure accessory." You can use a dummy switch or smart plug to automate with the nfc tag, then unlock the door when the dummy switch turns on, as a workaround. There have been a few comments here about doing that. Maybe try the HomeCam app. I think you can look at multiple HomeKit camera streams and enable the audio on them.

mine option says something like this "wake Apple TV", next steps "Switch user account on Apple TV" no "to" part is coming at all. Could you please help

Hey, thanks for the support. Unfortunately you cannot use AirTags to trigger homekit automations based on location. The only similar thing you'd be able to do is just using standard motion as the automation trigger.

@@ShaneCreates Thanks Shane! I guess I was trying to complicate things and find another use for the airtags. Lol I have multiple scenarios and shortcuts utilizing the motion sensors already-just another thing to try!! I have 2 Scotties so when they set off the sensor it turns the interior lights blue or pink depending on who set off the lights!😬 Looking for fun ways to use their airtags!! Thank you so much for the reply.