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delaceyj
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Tracking my case to the middle of the road

Last week, my AirPod Pro two case and AirPods were stolen, and I tracked them on the map to across town where my AirPods would move but still stay in the general area. My case would show in the same spot almost the entire time, but it looks like it’s in the middle of the road, and when I go to look for them, I cannot find them anywhere. Why is that?

Posted on Oct 17, 2026 8:49 AM

3 replies

Mac Jim ID
User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)

Oct 17, 2026 9:23 AM in response to delaceyj

Your case does not GPS location tracking, it is only possible to update its location when there is another iPhone nearby and the case still has battery power. What you are seeing is the last location where that location was updated, but the case may no longer be there. They could have been ran over and on the side of the road somewhere and no longer have battery power or there has not been another iPhone within Bluetooth range (about 30ft) to update their location.

delaceyj Author
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Oct 17, 2026 10:23 AM in response to delaceyj

But my case does keep updating because it says eight minutes ago two minutes ago and it’s showing that it’s in the street so does that mean that the last time maybe it was working before I got ran over perhaps it was there and some fragments of it is still sending off a signal to an iPhone?

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256377902