How to find a lost Wear OS smartwatch
Losing your smartwatch can be frustrating, but if you have a Wear OS watch, you can take steps to find it using Google's Find My Device feature. Here's how to be prepared if your watch goes missing.
What you need:
Your watch must:
- Be signed in to a Google account.
- Location services must be enabled.
- Have been recently connected to your phone via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
- It must be updated to the latest operating system version.
Your phone must have:
- Location and Bluetooth must be enabled.
- Your primary Google account must be synchronised with the watch.
- Steps to ensure that your watch can be found
- Check that you are signed in to your Google account
When you set up Wear OS for the first time, sign in to your Google Account. You can add or switch accounts later if needed.
Activate location services on your watch
- Wake up your watch by tapping on the display.
- Swipe down from the top and go to Settings → Location.
- Make sure that Location is activated. For Wear 2.0, go to Settings → Connectivity to enable Location.
- Make sure your watch is available on Find My Device
Visit android.com/find on your phone or computer.
- Sign in with the Google account you use on your watch.
- If multiple devices are displayed, select your watch.
Tip: If these steps don’t work, make sure your watch is running the latest version of Wear OS.
Use the Find My Device app
To make it even easier, download the Find My Device app on your Android phone to quickly locate your smartwatch.
Extra tip: Use HERQ QR tags for lost items
For added protection, you can use the HERQ app to post notifications of lost items for free. You can also attach a HERQ QR tag to your watch. Even if your device is offline or dead, anyone who finds it can scan the tag and simply return it to you.
Being prepared will give you the best chance of finding your Wear OS watch if it ever goes missing.
