Apple’s AirPods are some of the best wireless earbuds you can buy. They’re also small, easy to lose and unfortunately, fairly expensive to replace. Given their design, it’s all too common to knock one of them out of your ears. It’s also easy to misplace the case entirely.
Thankfully, your AirPods have a built-in feature that makes them easy, or at least easier, to find compared to other earbuds. Apple’s Find My app is built into every iPhone, iPad and Mac. I most often use it to play a sound to locate my iPhone around my home, but occasionally I use the same tool to find a lost AirPod. Here’s how to use the Find My app to locate a missing AirPod.
It’s only takes a few taps to find your AirPods, with some caveats.
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Make sure Find My is set up
Before you can use
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