Australian retailer pulls AirTag over battery safety concerns

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“Officeworks continues to work with Apple to deal with any security issues,” the merchant added, but declined to state exactly what those issues were. It appears that Officeworks is the only major retailer to pull the product from sale so far, but with regulators getting involved, that might change. “The ACCC is mindful of reports raising issues about the accessibility of button batteries in the Apple AirTag product, said a representative to the report.

Australian seller Officeworks has actually pulled AirTags from sale over possible security concerns, which revolve around the ease of access to the button cell batteries utilized in the tracking device. Reddit posts appeared on Monday declaring that the store was not using the AirTags for sale, in spite of sales partners verifying they were sold on the Friday.