From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Ant  wrote:   
   > Chris  wrote:   
   >> Connor Shannon  wrote:   
   >>> On 7/17/24 6:49 AM, Chris wrote:   
   >>>> Connor Shannon  wrote:   
   >>>>> Hi somebody just asked me something and I don't know the answer. If you   
   >>>>> have a iPad that only does WiFi, what happens if you misplace it   
   >>>>> somewhere or it gets stolen and you want to use Find My to find it? It   
   >>>>> can't connect to the Internet to say where it is unless it gets near a   
   >>>>> WiFi network it already knows.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I know maybe it can use Bluetooth if there are other Apple devices   
   >>>>> around, but that's more iffy. Iphones can get on the Internet with   
   >>>>> cellular and say where they are, but what about an iPad w/o cellular??   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The same way it works with AirPods and AirTags neither of which have wifi   
   >>>> either. It's all bluetooth.   
   >>>> https://www.howtogeek.com/725842/what-is-apples-find-my-network/   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Okay, so like I said it's iffy b'cuz it can only use Bluetooth so other   
   >>> things have to be near it or you can't find it. Not like a iPhone that   
   >>> can report where it is itself.   
   >   
   >> It's not at all iffy. It works very reliably because there are billions of   
   >> Apple devices above the world.   
   >   
   > Well, in S. Korea Find My won't work far away. See   
   > https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255210088 :(.   
      
   Interesting. Will bear in mind if I ever go to South Korea.  I suspect it   
   also doesn't work in North korea.   
      
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