Find my Apple AirPods (2 gen)
AirPods (2 gen)
How to locate or find Apple AirPods (2 gen) headphones
Losing a pair of AirPods (2 gen) can be a frustrating and stressful experience.
In this article, we will share some useful tips on how to locate your AirPods (2 gen) and take steps in case you can't get it back to prevent someone unknown from using them or selling the earbuds.
To use Apple's "Find" service, you must have set up this service on your AirPods (2 gen) before losing it, during the device setup for the first time it asks if you want to activate it.
To locate your AirPods (2 gen) you can do it from any computer, phone or tablet from other brands by accessing from the browser, to do this follow the steps below:
Estimated time: 5 minutes.
1- First step:
Open the "Search" application from an iPhone, iPad or Mac with your iCloud account or access the web https://www.icloud.com/ from a computer, tablet or other mobile device and enter your username and password.
2- Second step:
If you have accessed from a browser press "Find My", you will have to re-enter your iCloud password.
3- Third step:
If you have several Apple devices, you can see the location of all those that have the “Find My” service activated. Click on “All devices”, a list of your Apple devices will be displayed, among which you can find the AirPods (2 gen), click on the image to see where it is located.
4- Fourth step:
A map will appear pointing to the point where your AirPods (2 gen) are, or the last known location. In the event that an Apple device with an internet connection is nearby, this location will be updated.
5- Fifth step:
From the iPhone and iPad application, the options will appear at the bottom of the screen. From a browser, click on the point where your AirPods (2 gen) are located. and then click on the information icon to display the available options.
6- Sixth step:
You will be able to play a sound at maximum volume to locate it if you are nearby, search for them using some indications that will indicate if the AirPods (2 gen) they are near, close or far.
If you can't find them, you can mark them as lost, when someone finds these AirPods (2 gen) and try to pair them to an Apple device, the message will appear indicating that these AirPods (2 gen) they have been marked as lost and must be returned to their owner, also when paired to a new Apple device their location will be saved and you will be able to locate them.
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