After all these years, Apple has finally added an easy way to ping your Apple Watch from your iPhone and quickly find it in case you lose it.
Anyone who has lost an Apple Watch under the couch or under the bed will know how frustrating it is when you have to look for it blindly.
With iOS 18 Apple has given users access to a new Control Center button. Users can tap on this button to ‘ping’ their Apple Watch. When an Apple Watch is pinged it makes a ringing sound. This ringing sound is the same as the one iPhone makes when you ping it with an Apple Watch.
In addition to using the Control Center to ping Apple Watch, we will also show you a second method that will let you ping the Apple Watch with the Find My app.
Ping Apple Watch
Ping Apple Watch with Control Center
Using the new Ping My Watch option on Apple Watch is easy. Here’s how to start using it on an iPhone running iOS 18 or later.
- Access Control Center by swiping down from the top right corner.
- Tap on the ‘+’ button from the top left corner and the tap on Add a Control option from the bottom.
- Search for ‘Ping My Watch’ and add this control to the Control Center.
- Now tap on the Ping My Watch button to ping your Apple Watch from the Control Center.
As soon as you tap on Ping My Watch button your Apple Watch will make a sound, making it easier for you to find it. Apple Watch will make a sound even if it is locked or put on silent.
Ping Apple Watch with Find My
You can also use the Find My app to ping an Apple Watch. Here’s how to do it.
- On iPhone launch the Find My app.
- Tap on the Devices tab from the bottom.
- From the list of devices find your Apple Watch and tap on it.
- On the next screen tap on ‘Play a Sound’ option.
Your Apple Watch will now make a sound and continue ringing until you tap on the ‘Dismiss’ button on the Apple Watch.
There you have it folks, this is how you can use iOS 18’s Ping My Watch feature to quickly find your Apple Watch whenever you lose it. We also showed you how you can ping Apple Watch from Find My app.
