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Find my buds not that accurate.

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useriWXPvOTA8X
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I misplaced my buds 3 pro on the 26th of November. My toddler has a habit of grabbing them and playing with them so I wasn't too worried. I used my find my buds feature it it was saying they were 3 houses down. Given that it was 4 am (i have new born twins and it's my turn to sleep for a bit) I couldn't go knocking. I was using the find near by feature because I haven't left the house in about a week. The app kept on saying a neighbor had them. Then for what ever reason I checked some shorts I had tossed next to my bed. They were in there. They didn't beep, the app didn't pick em up. Nothing. It wasn't until I opened the case that the app knew they were there. Is the app buggy? Is there a setting i don't have on?
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realaud
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It might have more to do with Google maps.  The location isn't always accurate, so you should calibrate the map and make sure it has *your* location correct.  Sometimes, if you live in an apartment, or a community where houses are close together, it can mistake one place for another.  Many times, when I am sitting in my living room, it will show me sitting in the next community over, but if I move to my sun room, it shows me in the correct location (sort of--it shows me in the middle of the lake).

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LongHiker
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@useriWXPvOTA8X The app is going to show the last reported location. If they were used near your neighbor's house and that was the last location reported that is what you would see. The location isn't updated when the case is closed.  

realaud
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Isn't it the tiniest bit ridiculous that for the cost of the buds, the case has no tracker and/or the buds can't be tracked when the case is closed?
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cranky222
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Mine locate even with the case closed. Make sure UW. Is turned on... Sometimes I have to do it twice and it takes up to 2 min to connect.
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