If you have misplaced your Apple Watch in your home or somewhere else, it could be a little annoying because no one likes to lose their favourite gadget. If the same thing has happened to you, I’ll show you how to find my Apple Watch with easy-to-follow methods.
If you have a weak memory and cannot recall where you placed your Apple Watch at last, it might be difficult for you, but there are multiple ways to find your lost Apple Watch, which I will discuss with you today. Let’s jump right into it.
Important Note: Before doing any of these things, you must ensure your Apple Watch’s OS is up-to-date. Also, you need iOS 10 or later on your Apple devices to find your lost Apple Watch.
How To Find My Apple Watch?
Here are the methods you can follow to find your Apple Watch
1. Finding Apple Watch Via Siri:
If you have misplaced your Apple Watch within a small range, such as your home or office, you can easily find it by simply telling Siri that “Find My Watch”, and you’ll be able to see the exact location of your Apple Watch.
This is one of the best ways to locate your Apple Watch without much effort. The only thing you should keep in mind is, your Apple Watch must have a battery left inside it to find it with this method.
Of course, this method will not work If you have misplaced the Apple Watch over a long distance and the Bluetooth range. Don’t worry; you can follow the other methods I will show you below to find your Apple Watch.
2. Finding Apple Watch Via Haptics:
To find your Apple Watch Via Haptics, you have to:
- Launch the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
- Scroll down a bit and tap on “Sound & Haptics”.
Now, turn off and on the “Haptics Alerts” feature multiple times.
- During that time, you can hear a bell or beep sound. Just follow those sounds, and you’ll find your Apple Watch.
Another way to find your lost Apple Watch in a small range is with the help of haptics. Whether you have placed it under the couch, bed, or anywhere in your home, you can easily find it in just a few minutes. All you need is an Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Once you open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, you must open the “Sound & Haptics” settings to find the “Haptics Alerts” feature. Finally, turn on and off repeatedly until you hear a sound similar to a bell. You need to follow in the footsteps of those sounds, and you’ll be able to find your Apple Watch without any issues. Make sure your Apple watch is connected to your iPhone via Bluetooth.
3. Locate Your Apple Watch Via Find My:
Follow this method if you have misplaced your Apple Watch, which isn’t a Bluetooth range.
- Launch the “Find My” app on your iPhone.
- Click on the “Devices” tab.
Tap on the name of your Apple Watch from the list of devices.
If your Apple Watch has an internet connection via Wi-Fi or Cellular, you’ll be able to see the location of your watch.
Once you have got the location, click on “Directions” to get there and tap on “Play Sound” which will help you find the Apple Watch in that particular location.
In case you have removed your Apple Watch at your friend’s place or a hotel and forgot where you have left it, the best option to find out the location of that is via Find My App on your iPhone. You don’t need to connect via Bluetooth. The only thing you need is, to make sure that “Find My Network” is turned on your Apple Watch.
If you are wondering what “Find My Network” is, it is an encrypted and anonymous network of millions of Apple devices that helps to recover after it gets stolen or misplaced somewhere.
To turn on this feature on your Apple Watch, here’s what you need to do:
- Open the “Settings” app on your Apple Watch.
- Tap on your name.
- Click on the name of your Apple Watch.
- Finally, turn on “Find My Network” and that’s it.
If you have already turned on the Find My Network feature on your Apple Watch, you can easily locate it from the Find My App on your iPhone or other devices too.
Yes, Find My isn’t only available for iPhones and other Apple devices such as iPad and Mac. Apart from that, you can visit the official website of iCloud on any web browser, such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, irrespective of the operating system, and log in with your Apple account to track the location of your Apple Watch. It is as simple as that.
Things You Can Do If You Have Lost Your Apple Watch:
If you can’t locate your Apple Watch by trying all the possible things, you can do other things that might be helpful for you.
1. Remote Lock:
To remote lock your Apple Watch, here’s what you need to do:
- Launch your iPhone’s “Find My App” and select your watch name from the device tab.
- Next, scroll down and tap ” Activate ” below the Mark as Lost option.
- You’ll see all the important info on the next page, and you must click “Continue”.
- Enter your phone number and click on “Next”.
- Type any message you want to show whoever finds your Apple Watch and click “Next”.
- Finally, tap “Activate” from the top, and you are done.
If you have tried all the methods I have discussed above to find your lost or misplaced Apple Watch, you have two options: remotely locking it so that no one gets to see your personal or sensitive information and mark it as lost.
Even though you have failed to locate your Apple Watch with all the possible methods, there is a slim chance of recovering it with this method because you can add your info, like a phone number, to your lost or stolen Apple Watch. If someone picks it up and wants to return it, they will call and give it to you.
2. Erase Your Device:
To Erase your Apple Watch, you have to:
- Launch the “Find My App” on your iPhone, go to “Devices”, and select the name of your Apple Watch.
- Scroll down and click on “Erase this device”.
- Finally, follow the on-screen instructions, and all the data from your Apple Watch will be erased.
Losing Apple Watch sometimes isn’t a big loss; however, no one likes when their info gets into the hands of a stranger if you have information on your Apple Watch that you don’t want others to, erase the data by following the above steps.
Frequently Asked Questions:
You can locate your Apple Watch from your iPhone in multiple ways, such as using Siri, Haptic Alerts, or Find My App.
Suppose you wonder whether locating your lost Apple Watch from your iPhone is possible. In that case, I’m happy to inform you that you can do that by simply talking to Siri, using the haptic alert sounds or the Find My App with the exact location.
You can keep your Apple Watch by opening the Apple Watch App on your iPhone and using the “Haptic Alerts” feature.
With the beep or bell-like sound on your iPhone, you can easily locate your Apple Watch, and the only thing you need is the Apple Watch app on your device. Also, the watch must be in a small range, such as a home to locate it.
With the help of the Find My App on your iPhone, you can find the last known location of your Apple Watch in just a few minutes. However, you must have already turned on the “Find My Network” feature on your Apple Watch.
Unfortunately, no. Your Apple Watch can’t make any sound when it is dead because it has no power to do so.
Like any other gadget, If your Apple Watch is completely dead, it cannot make any sound because it lacks the power to do that.
Conclusion:
Misplacing your Apple Watch isn’t a big deal as you may have removed it because you might be wearing it for a time or some other reason; however, you should know how to find your Apple Watch when you lose it somewhere.
I have discussed all the possible ways to locate your misplaced or stolen Apple Watch, and I’m sure you may have recovered it with the help of this post. If you have any other questions, let me know in the comments and I’ll talk to you very soon. Thanks.
Since 2014 I have been writing about tech and helping others to fix tech issues related to Android, Windows, iOS, Chromebook, and more.
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