Briefly: Mother and father who fear about the place their youngsters are may be involved in a brand new line of kids’s sneakers from Skechers. Every pair of those footwear has a hidden compartment on the within designed to suit an Apple AirTag, permitting the wearer to be tracked.
The sneakers within the new Discover My Skechers line have a cutout contained in the heel of the shoe. Carry up the insert to disclose a small compartment containing the AirTag holder, the place the tracker could be securely positioned.
The compartment has a screw-in cowl to maintain the tracker locked in place and cease youngsters tampering with it. The lid is positioned beneath a lift-up air-cooled Goga Mat breathable insole, so wearers should not have the ability to really feel something even when they’re operating.
It seems that the sneakers aren’t a collaboration with Apple – there isn’t any Apple or AirTag branding, only a point out that they’re “suitable” with the trackers. Consumers want to offer their very own AirTag, too.
We have seen loads of different kinds of clothes designed to carry AirTags, however this seems to be the primary official product within the class that’s designed particularly for kids.
One in every of Skechers’ adverts for the footwear hints at dad and mom with the ability to observe adventurous youngsters who discover new areas and like to cover. One other advert focuses on dad and mom with the ability to discover their youngsters “footwear” utilizing a hid AirTag.
The flexibility to trace folks – with out their consent – has lengthy been a controversial factor of trackers like AirTags. It led to Apple and Google establishing a brand new normal in 2024 designed to alert customers of suspicious trackers that could be touring alongside them.
It is unlikely that an grownup model of the Skechers might be created, given the implications of simply with the ability to observe somebody with out them understanding.
Trackers are already a well-liked approach for house owners to make sure they’ll discover a misplaced pet. Some dad and mom do use hid gadgets to watch their youngsters, however the Skechers’ safe compartment, and the very fact it’s well-hidden, might make the sneakers a well-liked possibility amongst this group.
The Discover My Skechers assortment begins from $52 and goes as much as $58.
