
The Days of Losing Your iPhone Could Finally Be Over
iOS 13, now available in beta, lets Apple devices broadcast their location even if they are off, which means that you’ll never completely lose track of your phone again.
Eric Limer is a Senior Editor at Gear Patrol with over a decade of experience playing with, writing about and contemplating gizmos and gadgets of all types at various publications, including Gizmodo and Popular Mechanics. He spends his downtime tinkering with electronics, dabbling in film photography and watching Formula 1.
iOS 13, now available in beta, lets Apple devices broadcast their location even if they are off, which means that you’ll never completely lose track of your phone again.
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