Lost iPhone? This is how you can find your phone with your Apple Watch

Have you forgotten where your iPhone is and don’t feel like looking for it? Good news: with your Apple Watch you can find your iPhone again in no time.

Lost iPhone: this is how you can easily find it again

It happens to everyone sometimes: you’re at home and you’ve forgotten where your iPhone is. Even after some searching you can’t find it. Normally you check where your Apple devices are on the ‘Find My’ app on your iPhone, but of course you can’t now.

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Fortunately, Apple has come up with a solution for this, because you can also find your iPhone with your Apple Watch. There are several ways to do this, we show you two ways to find your missing iPhone again.

Ping your iPhone with your Apple Watch

The easiest way to find your iPhone is to ‘ping’ it. The easiest way to do this is to swipe up on the main screen of your Apple Watch. Then tap the icon with the smartphone.

Use the Find My app on your Apple Watch

For another way to check where your iPhone (and other devices) is, you’ll need to have the Find My app installed on your Apple Watch. On your Apple Watch, this app is split into three smaller apps, you have a separate app for finding your devices, for finding objects and for finding people.

To find your lost iPhone, tap the Digital Crown to open the app overview. Then you will find the app ‘Find devices’ in the list (this is the green ball with the Mac and iPhone in it).

In this app you will see an overview of all your Apple devices, including the location of the devices. If the location of your iPhone is close to you, it is best to have a sound played on your phone. This is how you can find your iPhone with your Apple Watch:

It is important to mention that this way of searching is most convenient if your iPhone is not too far away. Your iPhone then plays the sound, so you can find your phone quickly. Very handy, of course, if you don’t know where your phone is for a while, with this function on your Apple Watch you can find your phone again in no time.

Can’t recognize the location of your iPhone and suspect your phone has been stolen? Then it is also possible to enable ‘Lost mode’ via your Apple Watch. This feature is under Play Sound in the Find Devices app.

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