This article applies to iOS and iPadOS 17 and newer.

Skip to the next section if they are not.

To add Ping My Watch to Control Center, start by tappingSettings.

Initial steps highlighted when adding Ping My Watch to the Control Center of an iPhone running iOS 17.

Scroll to the More Controls section and tap the+next toPing My Watch.

Ping My Watchis added to theIncluded Controlssection.

Your Apple Watch will play a sound so you’ve got the option to find it.

Ping My Watch control highlighted in Control Center options in the Settings app as well as highlighted in Control Center on an iPhone running iOS 17.

The sound will keep playing until you find your Watch.

When you find the Watch, tapDismissto stop playing the sound.

If you cannot find or recover your Watch, consider putting it into Lost Mode.

Highlighted steps in the Find My app to ping an Apple Watch.

To do this, scroll past thePlay Soundbutton and tapActivateunderMark as Lost.

Sound playing on an Apple Watch from Find My with the Dismiss button highlighted.