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You Left Your Phone Behind

scottct1

scottct1

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Unintentionally found a new iOS feature today. Went out to eat, and after eating paid and left. Was pulling out of the parking lot when my Apple Watch alerted me that I left my phone behind.

I turned the car back around and retrieved it.

Very cool feature!
 
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Is this something that needs to be turned on? Or does it only work if you're not at a frequent location? I've walked out of my office without my phone several times and haven't seen anything like this.
 
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Is this something that needs to be turned on? Or does it only work if you're not at a frequent location? I've walked out of my office without my phone several times and haven't seen anything like this.
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I didn't turn anything on. And I didn't get any notifications until I was about a football field away from it.

I am guessing if you leave your phone in your office and go to another office it won't go on since the phone and watch are still on the same wifi network.
 
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scottct1 said:
Unintentionally found a new iOS feature today. Went out to eat, and after eating paid and left. Was pulling out of the parking lot when my Apple Watch alerted me that I left my phone behind.

I turned the car back around and retrieved it.

Very cool feature!
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Out of curiosity, do you have an Watch with or without a data plan? Trying to determine if this works for Wi-Fi only Watches?
 
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scottct1 said:
Unintentionally found a new iOS feature today. Went out to eat, and after eating paid and left. Was pulling out of the parking lot when my Apple Watch alerted me that I left my phone behind.

I turned the car back around and retrieved it.

Very cool feature!
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I could’ve used this feature a couple of days ago.
 
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Although I’ve been really happy with Phone Buddy, all I can say is, it’s about damn time. Can’t believe it took this long for Apple to add this.

I read that the Apple Watch will also have support for find items and ***devices***. Can anyone confirm this? Another about damn time feature, why the Apple Watch never before supported the full Find My app.
 
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matrix07 said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1402018090771156992
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Find friends and find people? Lol. Must’ve been a mistake but there is an icon there with devices (iPhone and MacBook) and that was precisely what I was taking about. I guess I wanted on screen confirmation from a beta tester. You don’t understand, I’ve been waiting for a full fledged Find My app on the Apple Watch for the longest lol. It only makes sense. Thanks!
 
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Itinj24 said:
Find friends and find people? Lol. Must’ve been a mistake but there is an icon there with devices (iPhone and MacBook) and that was precisely what I was taking about. I guess I wanted on screen confirmation from a beta tester. You don’t understand, I’ve been waiting for a full fledged Find My app on the Apple Watch for the longest lol. It only makes sense. Thanks!
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I believe he’s making a joke. It should be Find Friends (human icons), Find Devices (Mac & iPhone icons) and Find Items (AirTag icons - circular ones).
 
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it‘s a cool idea but can also be annoying.

Was in work and with being on the railway and work on the tracks, Kept getting warning all day that I left my wallet, car keys and phone behind but they were locked in my locker in the office.
 
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