Third-party AirTags accessories continue to emerge ahead of the Apple event on April 20th

In January, we saw some promotional images of third-party AirTags accessories from the Cyrill Nomad and Spigen brand, and although followers of Apple items have yet to be released, we now see more signs of similar accessories starting to appear in the wild.

A growing number of sellers on eBay, Walmart, Etsy and other online markets now offer ‌AirTags‌ headlines as device details continue to expand.

MacRumors has also received a couple of images of a particularly interesting set of straps that, according to our source, are made of a material similar to that used by Apple fluorelastomer for its Apple Watch Sport bands. The band design appears to have a snap closure to secure the AirTag and a short strap with an opening at the opposite end to allow the strap to be attached to an object.

An image of a very similar but not identical design has been shared on Weibo today by leaker UnclePan (through DuanRui). It looks like this design relies on the elasticity of the strap instead of an adjuster to hold the AirTag in place.

The growing number of third-party “AirTags” accessories is approaching just before Apple’s “Spring Loaded” event, though it’s not yet known if the accessory will show up at the event. The first irAirTags‌ tips appeared in a leaked code two years ago and have not yet been officially released, but information about them is clearly circulating among accessory manufacturers.

Apple’s infrastructure to support irAirTags‌ is already in place, as the company launched its Find My network accessories program earlier this month to track third-party devices such as Belkin headphones. Chipolo item trackers and VanMoof e-bikes directly to the Find My app.

The “AirTags” are expected to work in exactly the same way, except with the support of the Ultra Wideband U1 chip that would allow greater accuracy than standard Bluetooth and even an augmented reality experience that will help you steer towards a lost article.