Using Siri to find my phone- no ping heard

Previous advice on this problem was to use the find my friends app….on the phone….which you can’t find….which is why you’re using the AirPods.

Having finally found my phone (yes it was lost in my doona), I tested the find my phone operation. There was no sound from the phone nor was there any sound through the AirPods. There was a visual alert on the phone that there was an alert, and apparently I need to point out that this is not helpful if the phone is lost.

“is there anybody else there?” who can help?