Losing your iPhone at the beginning of the New Year is no fun, but there's hope. Here's what you can do to find it.

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Losing your phone can leave you in panic mode, especially when the battery dies. The good news is that both Apple and Android offer built-in tools that help you track a missing device even when it is ...

Google’s Find My Device is arguably the best way to track down a lost Android device or supported accessories like a smartwatch. If your phone never got lost, chances are you were never really ...

A few weeks ago, I received two new tracking devices from a popular brand to try out with Google’s new Android Find My Device network. I activated and synchronized both pieces – a keychain tag and a ...

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Find My Device can sometimes be vital for recovering lost or stolen items. But, there is potential abuse by stalkers on the ...

Powered Off Finding is a Find My Device feature available on Android 15 that allows you to track your lost or stolen Android phone even when it’s powered off. It requires specialized hardware on the ...

We’ve covered Find My Device and its ability to call you, set up a new password, and make your phone ring from afar, along with a variety of other notification functions. While you can configure Find ...

It is hard to think about losing a smartphone as a harmless event when with this device, people keep all sorts of data including photo and note memories, financial documents, and business letters.

Find My Device’s offline tracking only works when a lot of people have the right settings, but Google initially rolled the feature out with the worst settings possible, essentially making the network ...

One of the best iPhone features. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Find My iPhone, a feature available in Apple’s Find My app, will help you locate your lost phone. You can find it using any other ...