I've updated my iPad but haven't yet updated my iPhone and just poked around in: Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Share My Location > Find My $iDevice

I've updated my iPad but haven't yet updated my iPhone and just poked around in: Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Share My Location > Find My $iDevice My iPad has the "Find My network" setting (toggled on) but I was a bit surprised to see my iPhone has what seems to be the same setting (also toggled on) but it's called "Enable Offline Finding". Find My Network is described as "Participating in the Find My Network lets you locate this iPad even if it's offline." Enable Offline Finding is described as "Offline finding enables this device to be found when not connected to Wi-Fi or cellular." Which makes me wonder if "Find My Network" is just a repacking and rebranding of something Apple has been doing for a long time. Regardless, I'd prefer to have opted-in. I suppose it's possible at some point I opted in while setting up a new device with "Find My" but I'm not sure. I certainly had no idea there was a way to find my iPhone even when it wasn't connected to wi-fi or cellular signal. E- It seems this feature was added ~2 years ago and it did indeed use bluetooth and "crowdsourced" Apple devices[1]: > Offline Finding uses a background process called "Search Party" to broadcast and receive Bluetooth beacon signals at regular intervals, and it can even do its work when the device is in a sleep state. And it does this with limited battery impact for all devices involved, so you should see little to no difference in power consumption. And whether it was turned on by default seems to depend: > By default, if you had Find My iPhone, iPad, or Mac turned on before updating to iOS 13, iPadOS 13, or macOS 10.15 Catalina, Offline Finding should already be on. However, if only one of the device's had the Find My service enabled but not another device, it may not have turned on automatically. To make sure it's on, check the following. [1]https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/track-your-lost-iphone-ipad-mac-even-when-its-offline-as-long-as-feature-is-enabled-0204719/ https://ios.gadgethacks.com/how-to/track-your-lost-iphone-ip...