Stolen Ferrari worth $575,000 was found by tracking the owner's AirPods

19 pointsposted 9 months ago
by thunderbong

8 Comments

crmd

9 months ago

Most of the time, Find My can’t find my AirPods when they are fully charged, recently used, and in my apartment. I wonder what I’m doing wrong (or the Ferrari owner was doing right).

wodenokoto

9 months ago

Mine kinda half connect all the time. They’re there on my phone. I can see battery and chose them as an audio output. Put I can’t play anything out of them until I remove and pair them again.

bsder

9 months ago

Translation: The owner was important enough to cause the police to actually do their damn job.

Mere plebians like you or me won't get the same consideration.

renewiltord

9 months ago

I have an AirTag in my car. Useful if I forget where I put it.

yzydserd

9 months ago

FWIW, since iOS 10, an iPhone can be set to automatically drop a pin in Apple Maps for where you last disconnected your iPhone from the car Bluetooth.

Of course, an AirTag is a stronger solution in some ways.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/101587

jnaina

9 months ago

Same here. especially useful to track if your sports car is being used for joyrides by the mechanics when I sent it for regular servicing.

cl3misch

9 months ago

Are Airpods better for tracking third parties (thieves) because they don't beep?

rurban

9 months ago

I've got small Chinese GPS trackers for 2€ on all my keys, my bike and in my car. No need to buy expensive Apple products.