AirPods 4 Tracking

[mudmanc4]

People are constantly telling me my pods are giving notification on their phone.

 

Today I was driving while a coworker drove well behind me for some time, when we arrived to destination, he said his phone notified him my pods were traveling with him.

 

This is a great example of how we should not be doing things.

 

I find no viable solution, anyone have this and an idea?

[CA3LE]

Did you ever connect your airpods to his device?

[mudmanc4]

On 3/28/2025 at 8:57 PM, CA3LE said:

Did you ever connect your airpods to his device?

never have i connected the AirPods to any other device than my own.

 

So check this out , I have been experimenting, so i connected them to the work phone, the same one that pesters me that there are AAirPods traveling with me, and that phone still gives the message  🙃

[CA3LE]

On 3/31/2025 at 3:57 PM, mudmanc4 said:

So check this out , I have been experimenting, so i connected them to the work phone, the same one that pesters me that there are AAirPods traveling with me, and that phone still gives the message  🙃

 

I was thinking maybe you had paired them to that work phone before.  Never mind.

 

This is part of Apple's Find My network, which allows devices and accessories to be tracked even when they are not connected to the internet. 

 

How to disable notifications:

• If you're the owner: You can turn off separation alerts in the Find My app by going to Devices, then tapping the name of your AirPods, and then turning off "Notify When Left Behind". 
• If you're not the owner: You can't disable the notifications, but you can ignore them. 

 

I was thinking, are they doing this while the Airpods are still near your phone?  

 

Does "Notify When Left Behind" only work when the owners phone isn't nearby?

• No, "Notify When Left Behind" in Find My doesn't only work when the owner's phone is out of range; it triggers a notification when a device sharing its location separates from the item you've set an alert for, even if the owner's phone is nearby. 

  • The notification is triggered by the separation of the device sharing its location from the item, not by the distance to the owner's phone. 

  • You can also set up "Trusted Locations" where you won't receive alerts, allowing you to leave an item behind without getting a notification. 

 

So what I might do is either completely disable the function if you have privacy concerns or set it up with trusted locations.

 

I think there should be an option to have this only enabled when the owner's phone is out of range.  If I'm nearby... then I most likely haven't lost them.  Right?