How to Find Lost Beats Earbuds or Headphones

To find lost Beats, open the Find My app on your iPhone, tap Devices and choose your Beats. The map shows their current or last known location, and Play Sound makes them play a sound you can follow. This only works on Beats models that support Find My, and only if Find My was turned on before they went missing (Apple). On Android, the Beats app shows where your phone was the last time your Beats connected or disconnected (Apple). Once you’re in the right place, play a sound or follow the Bluetooth signal to the exact spot.

Which Beats work with Find My

Apple’s Beats User Guide lists ten models that support Find My (Apple), and six of them also work with Google’s Find My Device on Android (Apple):

Model	Apple Find My	Google Find My Device
Beats 360	Yes, including the Find My network	Yes
Beats Fit Pro	Yes	Not listed
Beats Flex	Yes	Not listed
Beats Pill (speaker)	Yes	Yes
Beats Solo 4	Yes	Yes
Beats Solo Buds	Yes	Yes
Beats Studio Buds +	Yes	Yes
Beats Studio Pro	Yes	Yes
Powerbeats Fit	Yes	Not listed
Powerbeats Pro 2	Yes	Not listed

That guide covers current models. For earlier Beats, Apple sends you to beatsbydre.com/support (Apple). If you own an older pair, open Find My and check whether they appear under Devices.

Apple lists these requirements (Apple):

• Your Beats must be paired with an iPhone or iPad signed in to your Apple Account.
• Find My must be turned on for a paired device, such as your iPhone or Mac, before the Beats are lost.
• For the best results, the paired device should run the latest version of iOS, iPadOS, watchOS or macOS.

Find your Beats in the Find My app

1. Open Find My on your iPhone or iPad, tap Devices, then tap the name of your Beats. The map shows their current or last known location. On a Mac, click Devices instead. On Apple Watch, use the Find Devices app, which needs a Wi-Fi or cellular connection (Apple).
2. Without an Apple device nearby, sign in at iCloud.com/find on any computer and select your Beats in All Devices (same source).
3. Go to the place on the map and tap Play Sound. For earbuds, choose Left or Right so only the missing one plays. The sound keeps going for a few minutes or until you stop it (Apple).

Earbuds have to be out of their charging case to play a sound (Apple). If the map points to the right room but you hear nothing, check whether the earbuds might be inside their case.

Extras for Beats 360

Beats 360 support the Find My network, which Apple’s guide describes only for this model (Apple). With it turned on, you can see their location for up to 48 hours after they’re turned off, even when they aren’t near you, and they can play a sound when they aren’t connected to your device. When they’re nearby, select them in Find My and tap Find: as you move, your iPhone or iPad tells you whether you’re getting closer.

You have to turn the network on before they’re lost. With your Beats 360 on and connected, go to Settings on your iPhone or iPad, tap the name of your Beats near the top, tap Find My, then turn on Find My Network.

Apple’s sources disagree slightly on what Beats can do. Apple’s general Find My features page, published April 27, 2026, lists only View Location and Play Sound for Beats products (Apple). The Beats User Guide for iOS 27 and later is newer and adds the Find My network features for Beats 360. For Beats 360, follow the user guide. For every other model, expect location and sound only.

Find Beats with an Android phone

The Beats app for Android has a Locate My Beats screen. It records your phone’s location each time your Beats connect or disconnect, so after a loss it shows the last place they were connected (Apple). You need to set it up before anything goes missing:

• Add your Beats to the Beats app.
• Open the menu, tap Locate My Beats, and set the location permission to Allow all the time. Turn on Use precise location if you see it.
• Choosing Only while using the app or Deny stops the app from recording locations. Reinstalling the app or clearing its data means adding your Beats and granting the permission again.

The six models with a Yes in the Google column can also show their last connected location in Google’s Find My Device app (Apple). Google now calls that service Find Hub (Google). To play a sound through it, Google says wireless headphones need to be turned on and earbuds need to be outside the case (Google).

Follow the signal for the last few meters

If Play Sound isn’t enough to pinpoint them, or your Beats aren’t in Find My at all, you can track their Bluetooth signal while they’re switched on and close by.

Phones find nearby Bluetooth devices by listening for the short “advertising” packets those devices send out, and picking them up is a sign the device is present (Bluetooth SIG). Signal strength, shown as RSSI, measures how much of that signal reaches your phone, and a higher number means a stronger signal (Bluetooth SIG). Watch whether it climbs or drops as you move. That tells you whether you’re heading toward the device or away from it (same source).

A few things make the reading noisy:

• It jumps around even when nothing moves, because radio signals are heavily affected by their surroundings. Each chip maker also sets its own scale, so a reading tells you more next to your earlier readings than it does on its own (Bluetooth SIG).
• Walls, windows and other obstacles weaken the signal (Bluetooth SIG).
• Apple rates metal as having very high interference potential, plaster and concrete high, and water and bricks medium. Microwave ovens, cordless phones and fluorescent lights can interfere too (Apple).

So walk slowly and pause for a few seconds at each spot to let the number settle. When it starts to fall, turn back. Remember low and enclosed places too: bags, coat pockets, under car seats and between cushions.

If your Beats aren’t in Find My but are still connected to your phone, the Earbud Sound Finder can play a loud chirp in just the left or right earbud so you can listen for it.

When there’s nothing to detect

A scanner only picks up a device that is powered on and advertising (Bluetooth SIG). If the battery is dead or the Beats are switched off, there’s nothing for your phone to hear. Earbuds closed in their case may stay quiet too: Apple says Beats earbuds must be out of the case to play a sound (Apple), and Beats Fit Pro and Powerbeats Fit turn on when you take them out of the case (Apple).

In that case, the last known location in Find My or the Beats app is your best lead. Beats 360 with the Find My network on remain visible for up to 48 hours after they’re turned off (Apple). For a step-by-step search plan, see how to find earbuds that are off or dead.