How To Use Find My Iphone For Family Members

When you join a family sharing group you can help other family members locate their mac computers ios and ipados devices apple watch and airpods by using the find my app.

How to use find my iphone for family members. If your location appears below your friend s name you aren t following them. To see your device even when it s offline turn on enable offline finding. To locate your family s devices. How to track a family member s device with find my iphone launch the find my iphone app from your home screen. Open find my app on your iphone or ipad.

See the location and online or offline status of your device. Tap on any device in order to receive more information and track it your own devices show up at the top followed by everyone else s. Choose directions to open maps and then follow the directions to arrive at your friends location. Family sharing must be set up. Play a sound on your missing device to help you find it.

You can download find my iphone from the app store. Under people choose the name of your friend who is sharing their location with you. Here s how to use it to find your missing iphone then track down your phone s exact location. By setting up find my iphone with your apple id and password it will send your last location to apple when the device is power off or offline. Tap on the missing device to know more about it.

Find my iphone is the gold standard when it comes to locating your lost iphone. In the devices tab on top you will see your devices. Sign in to your individual icloud account. The first thing to do is make sure that your phone and your family member s phone are both set up and able to connect to one another with the find my iphone app to do that go to settings by tapping on the gray gear icon. How to locate family members devices using the find my app.

By default you can see the location of the devices for each family member. Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing device to icloud then you can see where it is in the find my app. Find my iphone must be enabled for the missing device. Apple watch must have watchos 3 or later. Put your device in lost mode if it was already set up with a passcode.