Find My not working on child’s Apple Watch.

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Find My not working on child’s Apple Watch.

I set up my son’s watch following family sharing directions (I’m the fam organizer). His location won’t show up. (It shows my location instead.). In my settings, my phone and cellular “watches” show up. Could he be linked to my watch? I just want to see where he is in our neighborhood. His location is on, his watch set as his default device in Find My, Find My is turned on on his watch too. He had an Apple ID already for an iPad he got months ago. I switched his iPad as his default device to his phone in Find My. Wondering if the iPad messed things up. ?

Posted on Jun 19, 2022 8:36 AM

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hc1111

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Jun 20, 2022 8:29 AM in response to BasilDaisy41

Hey there BasilDaisy41,

Is your son's watch set up to share their location with family members? To check, we recommend using the steps below:

Note: To share your location, you must have Location Services turned on in Settings > Privacy. See Control the location information you share on iPhone.

Go to Settings > [your name] > Family Sharing > Location Sharing, then turn on Share My Location.

If your iPhone isn’t currently sharing your location, tap Use This iPhone as My Location.

Tap the name of a family member you want to share your location with, then tap Share My Location.

You can repeat this step for each family member you want to share your location with. Each family member receives a message that you’re sharing your location and can choose to share their location with you.

To stop sharing your location with a family member, tap the name of the family member, then tap Stop Sharing My Location.

If this persists, look over the steps under "Locate a family member's device" here: Share locations with family members and locate their lost devices on iPhone - Apple Support

Take care!

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