My airpods won't connect to Find My

Hi, I've connected to Find My with my account, and my Airpods (2) are shown on the devices page, but when I click play sound, or lost etc., it says that the AirPods are offline. But the problem is, the AirPods are actually, at the moment, connected to my

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Posted on Nov 25, 2020 1:09 AM

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Dec 3, 2020 6:21 AM in response to holymolyravioli

Hi holymolyravioli,


Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're having trouble locating your AirPods with Find My, correct? It appears part of your questions was cut off, but we'll do our best to provide help. Below we've provided an excerpt from the linked troubleshooting steps for Find My that addresses the specific message you're seeing.


"If you didn't turn on Find My [device] before your AirPods went missing, you can't use it to locate your device. If you see "No location found" under your AirPods, you can't play a sound to find them but you might be able to get directions to the location where they were last connected. If your AirPods do come back online, you'll get a notification on the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch you use them with."


How to find your lost AirPods


Please let us know if you have any additional questions. We're always happy to help.


Cheers!

Dec 10, 2020 2:19 AM in response to Jeff_W.

Hi, sorry about that. I remember distinctly that I tried to edit it but I couldn't etc.


Uh, what I was trying to say was that my airpods aren't missing; they're connected to my iPhone. However, the the only thing i can click is play sound- there isn't even any location. Then, the loading circle loads for a while, and says that a sound will play when my airPods is next connected to a device.


The same happened to my iPad when I tried to locate it. Welp, that's lost now.


Anyways, might this problem be because the phone that i'm using to locate (an iphone 6) is too old?


Thanks for the reply!

Dec 10, 2020 8:42 AM in response to holymolyravioli

No problem, holymolyravioli!


We're glad to hear your AirPods aren't lost, and sorry to hear your iPad is. There are several reasons this can happen, the most common of which is that devices aren't powered on, or powered on and not connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular network (in the case of the iPad). We've linked some additional information that will help explain different things that can cause Find My not to be able to report location for you below. That being said, your iPhone is likely not the issue. Some features get updates with new versions of iOS, but most would still work with your device if you're updated to the latest version available for your device.


If Find My iPhone is offline or not working


We hope that helps!

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