Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in watchOS 27
- Apple Watch For Your Kids
- Run with Apple Watch
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- Unauthorized modification of watchOS
- Band care information
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Disposal and recycling information
- Apple and the environment
- Copyright and trademarks
Ping your iPhone with Apple Watch
Apple Watch can help you find your iPhone nearby by playing a sound. With certain Apple Watch models, you can also use Precision Finding and see a general heading and distance to your iPhone.
Ping your iPhone with sound
Press the side button to open Control Center on Apple Watch.
Tap
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Your iPhone plays a sound so you can track it down.
Tip: In the dark? Touch and hold
If your iPhone isn’t in range of Apple Watch, try using Find My from iCloud.com.
Ping and locate your iPhone with Precision Finding
With Precision Finding, you can use your Apple Watch to help locate your iPhone by playing sound and showing a heading and distance.
Note: Precision Finding is supported on Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2, and iPhone 15 and later, excluding iPhone 16e and iPhone 17e. Precision Finding isn’t available in all countries and regions; see the Apple Support article Learn about Ultra Wideband availability.
Press the side button to open Control Center on Apple Watch.
Tap
Your iPhone plays a sound, and if your iPhone is within range, Apple Watch displays a general heading and distance to your iPhone—50 feet, for example.
To play a sound on your iPhone as you track it down, tap
Tip: In the dark? Touch and hold
Follow the heading shown on the screen, making adjustments as the heading moves.
When you’re close to your iPhone, the watch screen turns green and iPhone pings twice.
If your iPhone isn’t in range of Apple Watch, try using Find Devices on iCloud.com.