Apple will soon open up the Find My app to third-party products

By the end of this year, though, the Find My app will be opened up to products from rival companies.
Tile and other accessory makers can benefit
In addition to recently introducing iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and watchOS 7 at the online WWDC 2020 developers conference, Apple also announced a new Find My Network Accessory Program that does exactly what the name suggests.
That compatibility even applies to devices that don’t offer internet connectivity. The most obvious candidate for the program is Tile, a company that creates Bluetooth tracking tags that will soon be rivalled directly by Apple’s own AirTags.
The entire process is still end-to-end encrypted
Despite opening up the Find My app to third-party accessories, Apple says the process of locating devices is still secure. The entire process is “end-to-end encrypted, anonymous, and is extremely data and battery efficient.”
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