With AirPods, Apple solved the problem of how to listen to your music on a headphone-jack-less iPhone 7, but the Bluetooth earpieces came with a new problem of their own: they're tiny and easily lost. Apple hopes to solve that problem with its latest iOS beta, which adds AirPods support to the Find My iPhone app.
In iOS 10.3, the beta version of which Apple starts seeding to developers today, you'll be able to locate your missing AirPods with Find My iPhone on an iOS device or via iCloud. The catch is that they have to be within Bluetooth range of one of your iOS devices—don't expect to find one that fell out of your ear while you were walking down the street. If they are within range of an iOS device, its location will be displayed to tell you where to look.
Even if they're not within Bluetooth range, Find My iPhone will still show the time, date, and location of the AirPod's last connection. The feature will work with one or both of the AirPods, and requires no additional setup as long as you already have Find My iPhone enabled.
In PCMag's review, we found that AirPods "while lightweight and fairly secure, can feel a bit precarious at times. The earpieces fit well enough in my ears, but if I were to go on a jog or exercise vigorously, it's not a stretch to imagine them falling out, something I don't worry about with the other pairs," Sascha Segan writes.
If you lose (or damage) an earpiece, it'll cost you $69 to replace it.
The iOS 10.3 update also showers some attention on Siri, which will get access to cricket scores and stats for the Indian Premier League and International Cricket Council, as well as expanded developer support for mobile payments and Apple Watch.
Other improvements extend to the far corners of the iOS ecosystem, from the addition of EV charging station locations in Apple Maps to more support for programmable home automation switches in HomeKit. Apple starts seeding iOS 10.3 beta 1 to developers today, and plans to make it available to members of its public beta program soon.
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In iOS 10.3, the beta version of which Apple starts seeding to developers today, you'll be able to locate your missing AirPods with Find My iPhone on an iOS device or via iCloud. The catch is that they have to be within Bluetooth range of one of your iOS devices—don't expect to find one that fell out of your ear while you were walking down the street. If they are within range of an iOS device, its location will be displayed to tell you where to look.