"Find My" is not linking/adding my new AirPods Pro 3

Bought a new pair of Airpods Pro 3.

They linked perfectly to my iphone and MacBook via Bluetooth (in otherwords, I can listen to music/talk).

However, they won't connect to Find-my. Although Find-my is initially recognizing the AirPods when I seek to "add another item," Find-my fails to link the Airpods (after I assign the AirPods a name and Emoji within Find-my), and Find-my gives me the message "Could not Add a New Item. Make sure the item is nearby and ready to connect." IT IS NEARBY. IT IS CONNECTED. So Find-my is just not finishing the connection.

Yes, I updated my iOS on iPhone.

Posted on Sep 28, 2025 11:51 AM

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stevejobsfan0123

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Posted on Sep 28, 2025 12:02 PM

Did you enable the Find My Network on the AirPods?

Go to Settings > [your AirPods name] or Settings > Bluetooth > (i) next to your AirPods name. Then make sure Find My Network is enabled.

See How to turn on Find My on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac - Apple Support and scroll to the AirPods section of the article for more information.

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dbegonha

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4 points

Nov 5, 2025 1:28 PM in response to SRehman36

I cannot see my AirPods Pro 3 in "Find my" and i just installed IOS 26.1.

Oct 28, 2025 2:27 PM in response to SRehman36

Same here. Spent an hour on the phone to Apple Care when I got the pro 3s when they wouldn’t show up in find my but “worked”with my 15 pro . No luck. Went to local Apple Store and spent an hour with a guy there who even swapped them out in case it was hardware but suggested it was a problem with 26.0.1 that would not be fixed till 26.1. Got a 17 pro last week (same firmware) and that’s the same. Also the pro 3 buds don’t show up my iCloud device list even though they are paired (by Apple staff in shop) and acoustically perfect and actually a quite incredible sound for a bud.

Daoyee

Level 1

40 points

Oct 29, 2025 11:20 AM in response to SRehman36

My AirPods Pro 3’s connect and work. (I.e., music and talk) They show in Find my. But according to the settings Find My is is disabled with no option to enable. Which is funny because my old AirPod Pro’s show up and work fine in Find My.

All software is up to date.

Oct 29, 2025 1:13 PM in response to SRehman36

Same as the Pro 2 models then, good to know. IME experience sometimes it just doesn't work, or it just stops connecting.

Remember when Apple's stuff just worked? Good times.

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