Lost your AirPods? Relax, your iPhone can find it around the WORLD! Here is how

You can use Find My iPhone to locate your lost AirPods or other device linked with your phone. Know how.

Here is how to use Find my iPhone feature. (Apple)

What will you do to find a thief who stole something precious you have? A man named Lewis Ellis flew 4000 miles and spent £2,300 to find the thief who stole his Apple AirPods, according to a report by The Sun. As per the report, he located his earphone after seeing them travel from Qatar to Nepal to Thailand and back over the course of five months. Ellis had lost his buds in a flight while he was travelling from Bangkok to Doha. As he realised that he had left the AirPods while getting off the flight, he wanted to get back in to collect it. However, the airline staff told him he could not go back to the plane to retrieve them, but not to worry as he would be in the same seat on his way home to Manchester.

But, when he went to the flight to Manchester, the buds were not there. He later decided to use his iPhone's "Find My" feature to see where they had got to, and was shocked to know that they were on the move. Lewis observed his AirPods travelling from Qatar to Kathmandu, Nepal, before heading to a small village in the Himalayan mountains, as per the report. The buds then took a short jaunt to Thailand before finally coming to rest back in Doha.

Lewis then decided to fly over to claim his AirPods back. "I had the joy of watching them travel the world for no less than five months," he said as quoted by The Sun. The report further informed that despite his friends describing Lewis as "the pettiest man in Britain", he spent £1,200 on the flights, £500 on a hotel and another £300 to hire a car.

But, after travelling for more than 4,000 miles, he finally got his AirPods in a building owned by airport staff. Lewis said, "My friends literally said 'this is the pettiest thing ever'. I'll admit it was petty, yes. But I literally ran around jumping for joy when I found them. I honestly didn't think I would."

If you have also lost your AirPods you too can try to find it out with the help of Find My feature on your iPhone. Here is how.

How to locate a device in Find My iPhone

Step 1:

In Find My iPhone on iCloud.com, click All Devices. Select the device you want to locate. The name of the device appears in the centre of the toolbar.

Step 2:

If the device can be located: it appears on the map so you can see where it is.

Step 3:

If your AirPods or Beats product are separated from each other, you see only one location at a time on the map. First, find the one shown on the map and put it in the case. Then refresh the map and find the other one.

Step 4:

If the device cannot be located: you see Offline under the device’s name. The last known location is displayed for up to 24 hours. Select “Notify me when found” to get an email when it is located again.