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davidw said:

We are not talking about the Apple AirTag tracking standard or the Android "find my device network" tag tracking standard. We are talking about cross platform anti-tracking detection standard incorporated in each tag system. Both Apple and Google agreed to a standard method where each other "tag" system  will be able to detect whether there is a "tag" tracking you, back in May (of this year.).  That agreed upon standard has not been finalized yet. It's still in draft form. It's waiting for the review period to end (end of July), before the board will finalize it. Apple is waiting for that standard to be finalized, before implementing it into their iOS AirTag system software.

Yes, Google can go ahead and still release their Android tag system but they will still be using the draft version of the cross platform anti-tracking software. While Apple is still  waiting for this draft version to be finalized. 

When Apple released their AirTag, using AirTags for stalking was not a known big problem. tiles been around for years before the AirTag and no big problem of stalking reported there. Though tiles do not have the range (or accuracy) that AirTags have. When it became an issue that AirTags were being use for stalking, Apple implemented anti-stalking feature in their own  AirTag system and released their "Track Detect" app for Android devices to detect an AirTag, about a year after the AirTag release. But now Google knows that their Android tag will be use for stalking, thanks to Apple AirTag being around for two years. Therefore, It would not be reasonable for Google to release their Android tag system until the agreed upon anti-tracking solution is finalized and implemented on both iOS and Android, in order to solve a known problem with "tags".  

For you to give Google credit for not releasing their Android tag system until Apple users have a way to detect an Android tags tracking them, when Google have known for over a year now that stalking will be a problem and then criticize Apple for releasing their AirTag system without a method for Android users to detect an AirTag tracking them, when Apple did not know stalking would be such a big problem when they released their AirTag, is typical you. Thanks to Apple, once again, Google got 2 years of free RD on how to implement a competitive tag system for Android users.