If an iPhone is lost, the owner might need some help finding it again, even though Apple has built-in reliable ways to find missing devices. The trouble is that the iPhone might have been the only thing the person had with them to search for the misplaced phone. So unless the iPhone is close enough that saying 'Hey Siri' gets a response, a user will need another device to track it down.
Apple has various ways to find lost items, and it's not just Apple devices that are trackable now. The AirTag is Apple's latest addition to the Find My network, a bottle-cap-sized beacon that can be attached to key rings or tucked in a bag to make those items easily findable if they ever go missing. The Find My network is a billion-strong worldwide collection of Apple device owners that can anonymously identify lost devices and objects. A few third-party devices have Find My tracking capability as well, including headphones, electric bicycles and more.
Apple's Find My app has a feature called 'Help A Friend' that lets an iPhone or iPad owner assist with searching for a friend's lost iPhone. The first step is to open the Find My app. Then the user should go to the 'Me' tab, scroll down to find 'Help A Friend,' and tap it. This will open the Safari browser on the iCloud.com website to the Find My iPhone page. If the user is already signed in, they should log out by tapping their name in the upper-right corner and selecting 'Sign Out.' The friend can then sign in to their iCloud account with their Apple ID and use the Find My iPhone feature to spot where their phone was last seen, appearing as a dot on a map.
How To Use Find An iPhone From Android
An Android device owner can also help a friend locate their iPhone by opening any web browser and going to iCloud.com/find, and that specific address is essential. When visiting iCloud.com, two-factor authentication might require the missing iPhone to find the lost iPhone. Apple thought of this and didn't require 2FA to use the Find My network on iCloud.com.
The iPhone owner needs to sign in to the iCloud Find My page with their Apple ID, temporarily borrowing the Android phone, and then the map should appear, revealing the last known location of the lost iPhone. It's also possible to tap the dot which opens a panel, showing options such as playing a sound on the iPhone, locking it, marking it as lost or erasing it. That makes it easy to keep the iPhone secure until found again.