Years after its $3 billion takeover deal, Apple now has many, many Beats headphones under its wing. It does reserve some of the best features for AirPods, but if a Beats product uses one of Apple’s W- or H-series chips – like theBeats Fit Pro– it isn’t just easy to set up with an Apple device, but potentially much easier to track if it gets lost or stolen. Here’s how to find and track lost Beats headphones.
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How to find lost Beats
If you have a pair of Beats headphones with a W- or H-series chip – such as the Powerbeats Pro, Studio Pro, Studio Buds +, or Beats Fit Pro – you’re mostly good to go. The only other requirement is the right version of iOS, iPadOS, or macOS. The minimums used to be iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and macOS 11.3 (Ventura), but listed requirements seem to vary from product to product – the Studio Pro requires iOS 16.5, iPadOS 16.5, or macOS 13.4, for example.
If you can update to the latest OS version on your device, you should be fine.
With that taken care of, you can use Apple’sFind My appto locate your Beats just as you would AirPods, AirTags, or other Apple devices linked to your Apple ID. You can also use the iCloud Find My interface on the web.
Using an iPhone or an iPad
Follow the steps below :
Bear in mind that Beats products don’t have GPS or any other real-time location technology. Instead, you’ll get a location based on when something was last pinged by an Apple device you own – so a position could be out-of-date, or simply non-existent if the headphones have been powered down for seven days or more.
Using a Mac
Assuming your Beats have already been paired with an Apple device:
Using iCloud on the web
This option is usually less convenient, but it’s an important fallback in the event one of your primary Apple devices is lost or stolen.
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Q: How to do I find lost Beats headphones without Find My?
If Find My isn’t an option for whatever reason, you may have luck if you’re able to find the serial number of your Beats andcontact Apple Support. The serial number should be on the original box or receipt.
Don’t get your hopes up, however. There isn’t some sort of secret tracking network only visible to Apple – the most the company can (probably) do is alert you if it sees your serial number pop up again, say because your Beats were stolen and re-paired.
Q: Will Beats replace lost headphones?
Not for free. With Beats earbuds, you may pay a reduced fee if you’ve lost a single bud or the charging case, but that’ll still cost you somewhere between $79 and $99 in the US, regardless of whether you haveAppleCare+. If you lose everything, or a set of over-the-ear headphones, you’re out of luck – you’ll have to pay full price for a replacement.
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