Re: Find My for iPad w/o cellular

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:

Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 7/17/24 6:49 AM, Chris wrote:

Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi somebody just asked me something and I don't know the answer. If you
have a iPad that only does WiFi, what happens if you misplace it
somewhere or it gets stolen and you want to use Find My to find it? It
can't connect to the Internet to say where it is unless it gets near a
WiFi network it already knows.
 
I know maybe it can use Bluetooth if there are other Apple devices
around, but that's more iffy. Iphones can get on the Internet with
cellular and say where they are, but what about an iPad w/o cellular??

 
The same way it works with AirPods and AirTags neither of which have wifi
either. It's all bluetooth.
https://www.howtogeek.com/725842/what-is-apples-find-my-network/
 

 
Okay, so like I said it's iffy b'cuz it can only use Bluetooth so other
things have to be near it or you can't find it. Not like a iPhone that
can report where it is itself.

 

It's not at all iffy. It works very reliably because there are billions of
Apple devices above the world.

 
Well, in S. Korea Find My won't work far away. See
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255210088 :(.

Interesting. Will bear in mind if I ever go to South Korea.  I suspect it
also doesn't work in North korea.