Unable to ping devices in Find My iPhone app after iOS 26 update

i just updated ios 26. cannot ping phones in find my iphone app




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Original Title: Cannot Ping

Posted on Dec 9, 2025 6:42 AM

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Posted on Dec 9, 2025 6:29 PM

Never mind. It was a setting. I found the problem. I was on the people tab, not the device tab. Again, I’m not the most savvy when it comes to these phones But thank you for your input

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Dec 9, 2025 6:26 PM in response to masterkuvy

iOS 26.1. I checked my wife’s phone and it’s doing the same way. Before the update, I was able to play a sound. Now, it’ll help me find it by direction but I used the play sound for more than just finding the phone. I used it to wake my kids up sometimes if they put their phones on silent. It seems almost like apple got rid of this function but I don’t know enough about anything to say if they did or it’s a setting

Unable to ping devices in Find My iPhone app after iOS 26 update

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