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Apple may soon allow users to share the location of missing or misplaced items — such as an iPhone, Macbook, or anything with an Airtag — via the Find My app with people who aren’t in their contacts using a link.
Macrumors I spotted the updated feature in the iOS 18.2 beta, and noted that Apple says it aims to help locate lost items by sharing the location with people like a taxi driver or airline employee.
The Find My app on iOS 18.2 beta has a new “Share Item Location” option, which gives you a shareable link to the location of your lost item. People can open the link on any device (including non-Apple devices) to try to trace it. The link expires automatically after a week or when the item is returned to you.
There’s also a ‘Share Contact Info’ option that allows any phone to connect to an item and open a website, which will display your phone number and email – if you add those details to the item’s contact page. Apparently, this is intended to help the person who finds the item contact you.
The Find My app actually lets you share the location of an item with people in your contacts.
The update will also allow users to see statistics such as how many people have visited the link.
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