You Left Your Phone Behind

[scottct1]

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?

I have a non cellular Apple Watch series 4.

 

[Apple_Robert]

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.

Did that chew up a lot of phone battery?

 

[Apple Mac Daz]

Did that chew up a lot of phone battery?

Didn’t notice anything drastic

 

[TruBleu]

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.

You can set it up to exclude locations like your home and work address.

 

[Apple Mac Daz]

You can set it up to exclude locations like your home and work address.

how do you do that ?

* Edit

Found it in Find My App

Thx

 

[TruBleu]

how do you do that ?

how do you do that ?

 

[RecentlyConverted]

Strange, a great feature missed from the WWDC snooze fest.

For those getting multiple alarms, I am sure Apple could tweak with various options - “Don’t repeat alarm for x time”, “Don’t repeat alarm until items reunited” etc.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I will be keeping tabs on this feature to see how battery life is affected (if at all). Looking forward to seeing it in action soon.

 

[SpaceGrayAlways]

I have a non cellular Apple Watch series 4.

Fantastic! Thanks for the info 😊

 

[Itinj24]

Does the AirTags “found” alert also work with the iPhone? Phone Buddy does this really well and its very useful. Precision finding would also be great.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Does the watch need to be on WatchOS 8 for this to work?

 

[scottct1]

Does the watch need to be on WatchOS 8 for this to work?

Yes.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Yes.

Thanks for the reply. I will wait. I am not keen on putting my series 6 on beta. I know I can send off to Apple to get downgraded but, having to wait 5 - 7 days seems like forever. Lol.

 

[applesque]

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!

That's funny, because Apple said iPhone will notify you when you leave AirTags and other devices behind like AirPods, but not the other way around. Now we know!
Apple will put yet another app out of business by releasing the same functionality within iOS. PhoneBuddy i'm talking about you.

 

[applesque]

I could’ve used this feature a couple of days ago.

Same, once I left my iPhone on the self checkout counter at WalMart. Had to come back in and ping my iPhone from my watch to prove it was mine.

 

[applesque]

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!

Are you on OS 15 and WatchOS 8 developer beta? If so, can you (PLEASE!) confirm if precision tracking is enabled to find AirTags in the new Find Items app? (Assuming you have the series 6 Apple Watch with U1 chip) THANK YOU!

 

[applesque]

I wonder what is going to happen with the app PhoneBuddy.

They'll probably go the way of Watson (replaced by sherlock, renamed spotlight) , 3rd party styluses for iPad, 3rd party screen time apps, and 3rd party night shift.

 

[applesque]

Thanks for the reply. I will wait. I am not keen on putting my series 6 on beta. I know I can send off to Apple to get downgraded but, having to wait 5 - 7 days seems like forever. Lol.

Looking to start using betas, and have a quick question. How do I revert back to publiclt released iOS if betas are too buggy?

 

[Apple_Robert]

Looking to start using betas, and have a quick question. How do I revert back to publiclt released iOS if betas are too buggy?

1) remove the profile from the phone
2) DFU or Recovery mode which will install the last iOS 14 release
3) if you have a iOS 14 phone backup made before installing the beta, you can restore from backup

 

[applesque]

1) remove the profile from the phone
2) DFU or Recovery mode which will install the last iOS 14 release
3) if you have a iOS 14 phone backup made before installing the beta, you can restore from backup

Thanls!

 

[CoriG]

Do all of your devices need to be running the beta for this to work? My phone is on iOS 15 and I am not seeing this option.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

That's funny, because Apple said iPhone will notify you when you leave AirTags and other devices behind like AirPods, but not the other way around. Now we know!
Apple will put yet another app out of business by releasing the same functionality within iOS. PhoneBuddy i'm talking about you.

PhoneBuddy will be fine. It offers way more customization/functionality and choices that Apple would never allow. Apple's version will be basic and settings will not allowed to be changed from default. Also with Phone Buddy any bugs are tackled and treated with importance. The support team will work with you and keep you informed until the issue is solved. Apple feedback is the exact opposite, I've submitted bug reports over and over though out the iOS14 cycle and have never received or had any acknowledgment from Apple that they know about it or will fix it. Tons of bugs are reported and very few are addressed.. This is well documented in the numerous iOS14 bug fixes/changes and improvements threads...

 

[bushman4]

Great feature useful as well as savvy. Not just something you’ll never usr

 

[mquinn]

I just wen to buy some groceries and my iPhone told me that I had left my keys behind. They are my work keys, with an Airtag.

I gave the iPhone a treat and explained that I had left them at home. But it is a really cool feature.

You can set the device it said you forgot to not remind you if you left it at certain places like home or work.

 

[Apple Mac Daz]

This left behind is getting a little annoying.

I have gone in settings and have my home address listed has except but i am still getting notifications on my phone if i leave a device with a tag at home