The Apple Watch has had the “Find My iPhone” option for a long time to quickly find a smartphone, but what if the watch itself is lost? In this case, use the instructions below.
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How to find a lost Apple Watch using a watch tone sent from an iPhone (1 method, only for iOS 17 and later)
With the release of iOS 17, the “Search for Watch” function appeared in the “Control Center” of the iPhone; when you click on it, the Apple Watch will make a sound (watchOS 10 must be installed on the watch). To add a Find My Watch button in Control Center on iPhone:
1. Open the application “Settings“, go to the section “Command centre” and tap “Search for hours“
2. Inscription “Search for hours” will move to the section “Controls used“
3. Open “Command centre” and tap the appeared button “Search for hours” The Apple Watch should make a sound.
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How to find a lost Apple Watch (method 2)
Note. To find your watch, you’ll need an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 10.3 or later, and the Apple Watch itself must be turned on.
1. Open the standard iOS application “Locator“;
2. Go to the “Devices” tab and select the Apple Watch from the list of devices;
3. When your Apple Watch is turned on, you can track its location on a map, mark it as lost, erase all data from the device, or play a sound to locate your watch.
4. If you’re sure your Apple Watch is in close proximity to you, tap the “Play sound” The watch will begin to emit a repeating beep (a notification will also be sent to your iCloud account that the beep is playing);
5. Once you find the clock, turn off the sound by clicking on the option “Close“on the dial.
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How to find a lost Apple Watch using icloud.com (3rd method)
You can also find your Apple Watch using icloud.com.
1. Open icloud.com from any computer.
2. Sign in with your Apple ID and go to the Find My web app.
3. Click on the All Devices button at the top of the screen.
4. Select Apple Watch and apply the necessary actions (Play sound, activate Lost Mode, or delete data)
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If you can’t find your Apple Watch
Application “Find iPhone” will be useless if the Apple Watch is turned off or is out of Wi-Fi range. In this case, use the lost mode in “Find iPhone» to block the device and track its geolocation. When someone finds and turns on your watch, you will immediately receive a notification.
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