Although the ability to use your Apple Watch to find your misplaced iPhone has been available for a long time, Apple has taken it a step further with the new iPhone 15 series and Apple Watch 9 & Ultra 2. Now not only does your iPhone sound when you ping it with your Apple Watch, but you can now see exactly how far your iPhone 15 is with the new "Precision Finding" feature on your Apple Watch 9 and Ultra 2. Here's how to find your iPhone 15 or 15 Pro using your Apple Watch with Precision Finding.

At the Wonderlust launch event, Apple announced that the Apple Watch 9 and Ultra include the same upgraded Ultra Wideband chip found on the latest iPhone 15 and 15 Pro series. The brand new "U2 Ultra Wideband chip" is the only reason you can use your Apple Watch Series 9 or Ultra 2 to get precise directions to find your iPhone 15 through Precision Search.

Like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, ultra-wideband (UWB) is a short-range wireless communication protocol that works through radio waves. But unlike its counterparts, it operates at very high frequencies, a wide range of GHz frequencies. and it can be used to capture highly accurate spatial and directional data.

You need an Apple Watch Series 9 or Apple Watch Ultra 2 along with any model of the iPhone 15 series for the Precision Finding feature to work. Here's how it works: