How to ping your Apple Watch using iOS 17 in your iPhone’s Control Center

What is Ping My Watch on iPhone?

In the past, the Apple Watch had a feature to help you find your iPhone by pinging it from your wrist. With updates to iOS 17 or later, Apple allows you to find your Apple Watch from your iPhone using Control Center. Similar to the Apple Watch's Ping iPhone feature, this option will ring your watch if both devices are connected to the internet or within Bluetooth range of each other.

The Ping My Watch feature is very useful for people who have a habit of losing their watches at random locations at home. With this feature, you can use your iPhone to make your Apple Watch ring to manually determine its location nearby.

Ping My Watch only works when your iPhone and Apple Watch are connected to the Internet. If they are far apart, you may need to use the Find My app on your iPhone to locate your watch.

How to add the Ping My Watch action to Control Center

• Required: iOS 17 update. (Check Settings > under General >Software Update).

You can add the Ping My Watch action to Control Center by opening the Settings app on your iPhone.

In Settings, scroll down and select Control Center.

When the Control Center screen appears, scroll down and click the icon# on the left under Ping My Watch under "More Controls" ##.

This will move the Ping My Watching action to the Included Controls section of the Control Center screen. You can now use the feature on any screen on your iPhone.

How to ping your Apple Watch from Control Center on your iPhone.

To successfully use the Ping My Watch feature, you need to make sure your iPhone and Apple Watch are connected:

Via Bluetooth: Both devices have Bluetooth turned on and have been paired before .
• Via the Internet: Both devices are connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi or cellular network.

When your iPhone is connected to your Apple Watch, you can now ping the latter by launching

Control Center on your iPhone.

In "Control Center", click the

"Ping my watch" action tile.

This will instantly ring your Apple Watch, allowing you to find its sounds around the house. When you click the Ping My Watch tile, the tile will appear white and the watch icon will change color to orange.

Click the Ping My Watch action to ring your watch only once, so if you can't find it in one go, you'll have to tap this Control Center action repeatedly until it finds you watch.

What happens when you ping your Apple Watch from your iPhone?

When you ping your Apple Watch from your iPhone, the watch will ring. This sound is the same one you might hear when pinging your iPhone from your Apple Watch. Similar to the Ping iPhone function, the ringtone will only be played once and will not be repeated.

This means that if you can't find your watch on the first try, you'll have to tap the Ping My Watch action in Control Center repeatedly until you find the wearable device. As mentioned above, during a ringing session, the Ping My Watch tile in the iPhone Control Center will turn white and the watch icon will animate in orange.

Ping My Watch can be used to locate your watch even if it is locked and muted, as long as both devices are connected. If you can't find your watch using this feature, you can continue to use the Find My Watch app on your iPhone to get more control over your Apple Watch.

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