Cool trick: Find iPhone with Apple Watch via LED signal

You might think that after almost a decade with the Apple Watch, you know all the tips and tricks by heart, but you'd be wrong: I have to admit that the trick that's currently circulating on Reddit is both largely unknown and ingenious.

The basic function has been built in since the first version of watchOS: You can ping your iPhone via the control center and find it more quickly. One requirement is that the iPhone must be within Bluetooth range of the iPhone. If you tap the ping icon with the ringing iPhone once, you will hear a loud ringing sound on the iPhone.

However, if you tap and hold the button in Control Center, you'll get visual feedback in addition to the audible ping. The LED lights on the back will flash briefly. This is especially useful in dark rooms where the lights are immediately visible.

On compatible devices such as the iPhone 15 and Apple Watch Series 9, the Where Is interface with precision search also appears after the long tap, which you can find using the distance display to the iPhone. The iPhone emits an acoustic signal once, the instructions on the watch display show you the distance to the smartphone and the approximate direction in which the search should go. If the iPhone is in the immediate vicinity, the Apple Watch display lights up green and the iPhone rings twice.

Please note: In order for the LED signal to work when pinging from the Apple Watch, the iPhone must be locked. If the iPhone is unlocked, there is only the audio ping.

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