Forget Apple Find My device! This man got his lost Airpods back courtesy ‘X sleuths’
Far from depending on Apple Find My device feature, this Mumbaikar got onto X to find his lost Airpods. Lost in Kerala, found in Goa! Yes, you read that right, this ''crusade' took the man across state borders too, but as far as social media is concerned, it was all in a day's play! However, first things first: While Apple Find My feature is very valuable to locate lost gadgets, users should know that there are alternatives available if only they think about. So, if you really think out of the box, you can find a cheap and successful solution.
The Mumbaikar in question is Nikhil Jain, a social media marketing professional, and he lost his Airpods while on a vacation in Kerala. Believing that all may not be lost if he turned to social media sleuths too. His faith was not misplaced.
In just a day, with the help of X (formerly Twitter) members, Jain managed to track down the person who took the expensive earphones to his house in Goa and convinced him to give them back. Now, two weeks later, he finally managed to collect his device from a Goan police station.
“The incident happened inside a national park in Kerala, I left my Airpod in a bus there. I waited for the bus to come back and realised that someone took them. There was no signal inside, so I had to leave the area to track the device. And when I finally did, it was already on the move, and was in another national park about 40km from where I was. But the next day I could track it to a hotel nearby,” Jain told PTI.
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Fortunately, Apple knew that these expensive little earpieces can be easily lost and therefore, it has the Find My feature to locate it.
Firstly, Find My can display AirPods on a map, play a sound to help find them
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