How To Find Lost AirPods

Apple's wireless earbuds are tiny and have zero strings or cables attached to them. And whilst that is cool, it implies they're always at danger of being lost.

To help you find a lost AirPod, you will need both iOS 10.3 and also the Find My iPhone app.

How to find missing AirPods earbuds

Note: This feature is primarily to locate person missing AirPods earbuds - the AirPods case itself does not have speakers, and also the earbuds themselves will not make a sound until they come within range of the iPhone.

1. Open (or download, in the event you do not however have it) Find My iPhone.
2. Sign in together with your iCloud account.
3. Tap on the entry for your AirPods.
4. Select Actions.
5. Press Play Sound.
6. Both earbuds will start off creating a triplicate chirp - quietly at first, then growing in volume. If you are trying to find just one of the buds, you can mute the left or right earbud to concentrate in on discovering the other earbud.

Still can't find your AirPods earbuds?

In case your missing AirPods earbud is out of charge, you could be out of luck in locating it via the Find My iPhone app. That mentioned, you can nonetheless go about obtaining it the old-fashioned way - back-tracking exactly where you had them previously.

And if you've exhausted all other alternatives, you can always pay a lost AirPods fee to Apple to get a brand new earbud - it's just $69 per lost bud.