How To Use Apple’s ‘Find My AirPods’ Feature

Apple devices are more expensive than other brands. Because of this, many people prefer to use Apple iPhone and iPad to increase their status. However, if there is any damage to these devices, it will cost a lot to repair them. And what if you accidentally lose this device? Or if someone steals? It won’t be easy to find, will it?

Apple Airpods is a device that many Apple users lose. Although it is often taken where it goes, it is easily forgotten and left behind. That’s why, thinking about this, Apple has prepared several methods to find your device if it is lost. So we thought in this article to explain to you how to find Apple AirPods if you lose them. The app that is important to us here is Find My, an app designed for Apple devices.

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Find My App

You can use this app to find your AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max. This is a minor firmware version and is the only and best way to find a lost Apple device. We want to remind a few special points that many people miss here. They are,

  • You must have to set up this Find My app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to find your AirPods, which you usually connect with your AirPods.
  • Also, remember to turn on Find My App before you lose AirPods. Otherwise, you won’t be able to find AirPods using the Find My App.
  • And the last important thing to know is that you should keep the latest version of iOS or MacOS updated on your Apple device.

Set up Find My App on your Apple Device

So let’s first see how to set up this Find My App. First let’s see How to enable Find My App for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch devices. For that, please follow these steps correctly.

  1. First, access your device’s Settings.
  2. Touch on your name and then tap Find My.
  3. Also, if you want your family and friends to know your current location, turn on the Share My Location feature.
  4. Then go to Find My [device name], & then turn on Find My [device name]
  5. Even if your device is offline, keep the Find My Network feature on for the convenience of finding its location.
  6. Also, turn on Send Last Location to find the device’s last location when the battery is low.

Also, if you want to track your lost device on the map, keep Location Services turned on. To do this, adjust the settings in the following order.

  1. First, go to your Apple device Settings.
  2. Then go to Privacy & Security there.
  3. Finally, tap Location Services and turn on that option.

Thus, all the settings of your Apple iPhone have been set correctly, so let’s see next how to connect AirPods.

Adding your AirPods

When you turn on the Find My app, if the AirPods are connected to your iPhone, the setup will be done automatically. Even when your AirPods are powered off or disconnected, you can find the device through Find My Network. For that, it is mandatory that your devices are connected to the Find My network.

Follow these steps to get it done right.

  1. Go to Settings and access Bluetooth.
  2. Click the More Info button near your device name in the list.
  3. Then go to Find My Network.
  4. Turn on Find My Network.

Through this, you can confirm 100% whether the AirPods are correctly connected to the iPhone. You have something more important to say. That is, in order to use this Find My feature, you must have iOS 13 or higher iOS version on your iPhone. But if the iOS version of your iPhone is less than that, you will not be able to take advantage of this feature. Therefore, update the iOS version of your iPhone as soon as possible.

Adding a sound to AirPods

If AirPods are connected to your Apple devices via Bluetooth, you can find AirPods by playing a sound. Also, there is an opportunity to play and find a sound from the charging case of the 2nd generation AirPods Pro. Now let’s see how to activate that option.

  1. First, open the Find My app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap the Devices tab.
  3. Select your AirPods from the list.
  4. Tap Play Sound.
  5. Then you can get the sound with high volume.

Make settings like this and check. But if AirPods are on your ear at that time, don’t play sound. It can damage your ears.

How to get an alert when you forget AirPods

Next, let’s see how to set up an alert if you accidentally forget your AirPods.

But for that, you need to have an iPhone 12 or higher. Also, you should have AirPods Max, 2nd generation AirPods Pro and AirPods Pro or 3rd generation AirPods.

Follow these steps to make settings that way.

  1. Access the Find My app.
  2. Now go to the Devices tab and select your AirPods.
  3. Go to Notifications and turn on the Notify When Left Behind option.

How to Turn on Lost Mode

If someone finds your missing AirPods, it is possible to set your iPhone to receive your phone number and email address as a message. Follow these steps to activate Lost Mode on your iPhone.

  1. Open the Find My app on your iPhone.
  2. Go to the Devices tab and select your AirPods.
  3. Now go to Mark as Lost and activate it.
  4. Next, go through the steps shown on the screen and enter your contact details.

Find AirPods Using Your iPhone

After adjusting the settings correctly as above, you can now find your AirPods easily through your iPhone if you lose them. Now let’s see how to do it step by step.

  1. First, access the Find My app on the iPhone.
  2. Usually, it is a default app for iPhones, so you can find it on the home screen.
  3. Now tap on the Devices section there.
  4. Select your AirPods from the devices list there.
  5. Now you can see the location on the map where your AirPods are last connected.
  6. There you can see the street name on the end of your AirPods.

Now see if the map shows your AirPods in a nearby location. If so, as we said before, now you can play the sound and find AirPods. For this,

  1. Tap Play Sound and open it.
  2. Then click on Play Sound in the pop-up window.
  3. Now your AirPods will beep.

But imagine that your AirPods show that they are far away. In that case, you can find out the directions from the map where your AirPods were last connected. You can reach the respective place by walking or by riding in those directions.

Anyway, you can finally locate your lost AirPods to confirm their location.

  1. Tap Find for that.
  2. Then you can know exactly how far the AirPods are.
  3. And now your iPhone will try to connect AirPods.

Here is how you can easily find your lost AirPods.

However, if your AirPods are offline after they are lost, they will show the last connected location and show as devices offline. There you will not get a chance to play the sound. Instead, you can get directions from the map to the final destination. Also, once the AirPods are back online, a notification will appear on your iPhone.

At the end of all this, if you can’t find the AirPods, you can get support for a replacement from Apple through their serial numbers.