How to find lost AirPods?

To swiftly and simply find lost AirPods, you just need to use the Find My application’s function, which was introduced several years ago in March for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It includes all kinds of earbuds such as AirPods, AirPods Pro, or AirPods Max. However, despite the simplicity and convenience of this option, it is not as helpful and reliable as in the case of searching for the iPhone itself. Roughly 17% or about 1-in-6 have lost one, or both of their AirPods, according to nearly 300 respondents on the thread. As you may have noticed, these are not very good statistics, as for the best method to find lost AirPods. And there may be different reasons for it. For example, the Find My iPhone application can face the problem of detecting headphones when they were in a closed charge case. Of course, in a closed case, the connection is worse, and still, we would like this problem not to arise with headphones for $138.

Therefore, we suggest looking at another option besides the main way to help you find lost one or all two AirPods. This article contains only tried-and-true hints. We have collected them from all over the Internet. Believe us, once you combine all of our methods, you will definitely improve your search.

The way to find lost AirPods with the Apple app

As we said earlier, Find My AirPods is more challenging to use than Find My iPhone. For its full operation, AirPods must be attached to your iPhone by Bluetooth. So, when they are too far away, you will not get the full functionality to locate them, although Apple will help you track them as well as possible.

1. To use the Find My AirPods help, you need to go to the “Find My” utility on iPad and iPhone or go to iCloud.com from these devices or the computer.
2. Next, you will see a list of all your devices previously attached to your phone. After you choose your headphones, you will view a map with their exact position on it.
3. Once you arrive at the place, you can play noise on them after clicking on their icon on the map. Also, you can separately turn on the noise on each of the AirPods in the case when you lost only one of them (AirPods Max does not have this option).

Yes, the sound transmitted by lost AirPods is not the loudest, which makes them harder to find but even more difficult to find when they are completely dead. In this case, you will be able to detect only the last spot of each of the lost AirPods, which must be attached to the iPhone anyway to play noise. Otherwise, you will get a message “You will receive a notification when these AirPods connect to a paired device.”. But do not panic because there is another way on how to find lost AirPods or only one of them. 

Find your Airpods with lost and found sites

You may have deleted AirPods from your devices, and now you cannot find out their spot, or maybe your lost AirPods are still in the case and cannot be tracked. It does not matter because lost and found sites can help you. They really should not be underestimated. While Apple’s Find My app is very useful only for close-up searches for AirPods, websites like these allow you to find things all over the world. The lost and found sites have the following main advantages:

• Convenient search. The design of such sites is presented in such a way that even older people can understand how to use them. Finding your lost AirPods can be made easier with keywords, dates, and various other categories. Instant matches will lead you to the find, all that remains is to contact the finder and pick up your lost AirPods.
• Free to use. The best thing about lost and found sites is their affordability. You do not need to pay for registration or for the assistance provided to you. You get as a gift an additional assistant who is ready to search for matches on your request instead of you unselfishly.
• Improved results. You can create an ad about your missing AirPods that has coverage in hundreds of countries, detailed information about your headphones, which will definitely expand and narrow your search at the same time. In addition, some sites will automatically send you found announcements.

AirPods are tiny enough devices. In most cases, when these headphones were lost, users simply did not notice how they fell out. Of course, if they had a wire, they would be more noticeable to us but not so comfortable. Therefore, it is best to check for their presence from time to time, do not forget to put them in the case, and put a bright sticker so that it will help more to postpone memories of their spot. Use our tips, and they will definitely help you find your lost AirPods.