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Apple may update Find My to let you share the locations of lost items
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Apple may update Find My to let you share the locations of lost items

Apple may soon allow users to share the location of lost or missing items, such as an iPhone, Macbook, or something with an Airtag attached, using a link via the Find My app with people who aren’t in their contacts.

macro rumors He noticed the updated feature in the iOS 18.2 developer beta, noting that Apple says the feature is intended to help find your lost items by sharing the location with people like taxi drivers or airline employees.

The Find app in the iOS 18.2 developer beta has a new “Share Item Location” option that gives you a shareable link to the location of the missing item. People can open the link on any device (including non-Apple devices) to try and monitor it. The link expires automatically after one week or when the product is with you again.

There’s also a “Share Contact Information” option that allows any phone to connect to an item and open a website that will display your phone number and email address – if you’ve added those details to the item’s contact page. Apparently this means helping the person who finds the item contact you.

Find already lets you share an item’s location with people in your contacts.

The update will also allow users to look at statistics such as how many people visited the link.