The Apple Watch is packed with features, and thelatest models of the Apple Watchcan do everything from counting your steps and tracking your heart rate to tracking your sleep ormeasuring your blood oxygen levels.
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However, there’s one feature that’s been part of the Apple Watch for quite some time but is still something that many Apple Watch users are unaware of. It’s one of the most useful features on the Apple Watch, and once you know about it, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. You’ll also probably be really annoyed that you didn’t find out about it sooner and have been forced to waste time doing things the old-fashioned way by turning your home upside down.
How to find your iPhone using an Apple Watch
If you’ve forgotten where you’ve put your iPhone, you can use just your Apple Watch to make your iPhone play a sound. You can then follow the sound to quickly find your iPhone, providing it’s within earshot, of course. And if you’re using an Apple Watch Series 9 or Apple Watch Ultra 2, you can even useprecision findingto find the exact location of your iPhone once you get close enough to the phone. Here’s how this feature works, depending upon the model of your Apple smartwatch.
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Apple Watch Series 8 or older
If you’re using anApple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch Ultra (1st generation) or any older model of Apple Watch, you can use cause your iPhone to play a sound to find it. Follow these steps:
Apple Watch Series 9 or Apple Watch Ultra 2
If you have an Apple Watch Series 9 or Apple Watch Ultra 2, tap theFind iPhoneicon t show the distance and direction to your iPhone. You can follow to the location of your phone.
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How to make your iPhone flash using just your Apple Watch
If you can hear your iPhone, but still can’t find exactly where it is, it’s possible to make your iPhone’s LED flash too, to give you a visual indication of where to look for the device nearby.
All you need to do is tap and hold theFind iPhoneicon in the Control Center, rather than just tap it.
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This will cause your iPhone to both ping and flash, making it even easier to find.
If you’re using an Apple Watch Series 9 orApple Watch Ultra 2, tapping and holding theFind iPhoneicon on the directions screen will also make your iPhone flash.
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If you can’t see or hear your iPhone, or you don’t see any directions with anApple Watch Series 9 or Apple Watch Ultra 2, your iPhone may be too far away for these features to work.
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If this is the case, all is not lost; you may use theFind Myfeature on your Apple Watch to see the location of your iPhone on a map. You can then make your way to that location and use the methods above once you’re there to track down your iPhone.
Need to find your Apple Watch using your iPhone?
It’s quick and easy to use your Apple Watch to make your iPhone ping, but it’s also possible totrack down your Apple Watchdirectly from the Control Center of your iPhone.
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For some reason, the option isn’t there by default; you have to manually add it to your Control Center.
If you don’t want to add thePing My Watchcontrol to your Control Center, you’re able to alsouse theFind Myappon your iPhone to make your Apple Watch play a sound.
