Learn how to find your family members or friends in crowded places like concerts, shopping malls, markets, stadiums, and more using the Precision Finding feature in the Find My app on their iPhones.

Precision Finding is a feature you use to locate your AirTags or AirPods charging case nearby. This feature utilizes Apple's U1 or U2 Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness.

Just like with AirTags, when you use Precision Finding to locate your friends and family, it shows you how far away they are and which direction you need to move to reach them.

This feature can be a great way to find your family members, friends, or children (as long as they carry an iPhone) in crowded public spaces like food courts, sports stadiums, and more.

Keep in mind that Precision Finding works without Wi-Fi or mobile data, making it ideal for situations where you can't call to ask where they are (however, it won't work if Airplane mode is on or Bluetooth is off).

Another important point to remember is that its range is limited to approximately 196 feet (60 meters). At longer distances, you'll need to see the map in the Find My app.

Supported Devices

Precision Finding only works on devices with the U2 chip to find your nearby family members and friends. Both parties must have one of the following iPhone models:

  • iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, or 15 Pro Max
  • iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, or 16 Pro Max
  • iPhone 17, 17 Pro, or 17 Pro Max
  • iPhone Air

Note that Precision Finding is not available in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. In Japan, you cannot find people with Precision Finding because the second-generation U2 chip demonstrates the performance of the first-generation U1 chip.

Finding People with iPhone Precision Finding

1) Make sure that your family member or friend has already shared their location with you. We have a separate tutorial explaining a few easy ways to do this.

2) Open the Find My app on your iPhone.

3) Go to the People tab and select the person you want to find.

4) Tap the Find button (this will appear if the person is not too far away and is within ~196 feet/60 meters).

5) You will now see how far you are from this person. If the person is within range but your iPhone cannot establish a good connection, it will ask you to move to a different location.

Once connected, you will see arrows and written instructions indicating which direction you need to walk to find them.

Make It Easier to Be Found

When someone is trying to find you using Precision Finding, a notification appears on the screen saying “The person is trying to find you. Open Find My to see where the person is.” Tapping on this notification can improve the signal and range. And if both of you share your locations with each other, it can help both of you walk towards each other, making the process easier and faster.

If the “Find” button turns gray and is unavailable in the iPhone Find My app

If the person you are trying to find is a few hundred feet away, the Find button will be replaced with Directions; tapping this button will open the Maps app. This indicates that you are outside the range of Precision Finding.

However, if the Find button turns gray and says ‘Unavailable’, it means that the person is nearby but their iPhone does not support Precision Finding. This means they have an iPhone 14, 13, 12, or 11 (all of which have the U1 chip).

If their iPhones are XS, XR, X, or an older model, the Find option will never appear, as these phones do not even have the first-generation U1 Ultra Wideband chip.

The unavailability of the Find button may also indicate an error; you can resolve this by restarting both iPhones. If you frequently experience this issue, update to the latest iOS version.