Apple Inc., is bolstering user privacy by launching an AirTag detector app, Tracker Detector app, that scans nearby AirTags or similar gadgets which could be possibly stalking the user or placed hidden among their belongings.

If in case users suspect that they are being tracked by devices near them or others using similar devices for the same, they can bank on the app, available on Google Play Store, to clear their suspicions.

The AirTags, originally devised for tracking lost keys and other belongings using Apple’s Find My network technology, now with enhanced security, can deter hacking as well as unintended tracking.

As Apple puts it, the app can enable android users to proactively scan for item trackers that are no longer with their owner. If a tracker is found to be moving past 10 minutes, the app will immediately siren a sound for the same duration while it provides guidance for the disablement which instructs on battery removal from the suspected device.

Those AirTags found far away from their owners will be marked in the app as ‘Unknown AirTag’.

However, the app is said to take up to 15 minutes to track an AirTag which has been separated from its owner prior to showing up in the app.

Within the app, the company also says that it warns the user to contact law enforcement if they feel their safety is at risk.

The company says that its AirTags provide industry leading privacy and security features, added with the extension of new capabilities for android users.

In which case, the Tracker Detect gives android users the ability to scan an AirTag or they can use the ‘Find My’ enabled item trackers that could be travelling with them without their knowledge.

While the same, privacy advocates warned about Apple’s AirTags being used as a way to stalk and track people. Its ‘Find My’ network which is said to have over a billion iPhone users, including similar devices that share location of AirTags and ‘Find My’ network nearby, is believed to have a greater reach than any other device tracking services. Previously it was noted that Apple had offered support to iPhone users alone and not others.

But this year, since Apple updated its AirTags with new software, these devices can now track abuse by altering the amount of time before an AirTags alerts a nonowner to its presence, thereby shortening the time span between eight to 25 hours a day.

Apple first announced the Tracker Detect app in June, and it calls for users to actively search for a device before it can be discovered. The detecting app does not require users to have an Apple account to utilize it.

In fact, anyone with an NFC-capable device can tap the AirTag to obtain instructions on how to return it to its owner if it is in ‘lost mode’. Apple claims that all communication is encrypted, and that no one knows the location or identity of people or their devices, including Apple.