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Learn how to find your family members or friends in concerts, malls, markets, stadiums, and other crowded places using the Precision Finding feature baked into the Find My app on each other’s iPhones.

Precision Finding is what you use to locate your AirTags or AirPods charging case around you. It works using Apple’s U1 or U2 Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness.

Just like AirTags, when you use Precision Finding to locate your friends and family, it shows you how far they are and the direction to move in to reach them.

It can be a great way to locate your family members, friends, or kids (provided they are carrying an iPhone) in crowded public places like food courts, sports stadiums, and more.

Note that Precision Finding works without Wi-Fi or cellular data, making it ideal for situations where you may not be able to call to ask them where they are (but it won’t work if Airplane mode is turned on or Bluetooth is turned off).

Another important thing to remember is that the range is limited to about 196 feet (60 meters). For longer distances, you’ll have to see the map in the Find My app to know their whereabouts.

Supported devices

Precision Finding to locate your nearby family members and friends only works on devices with the U2 chip. Both parties should have one of these iPhone models:

• iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro, or 15 Pro Max
• iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, or 16 Pro Max
• iPhone 17, 17 Pro, or 17 Pro Max
• iPhone Air

Note that Precision Finding isn’t available in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. And in Japan, the second-generation U2 chip has the performance of the first-generation U1 chip, because of which you may not be able to locate people using Precision Finding.

Use iPhone Precision Finding to locate people

1) Make sure your family member or friend is already sharing their location with you. We have a separate tutorial explaining a couple of easy ways to do that.

2) Open the Find My app on your iPhone.

3) Go to the People tab and select the person whom you want to locate.

4) Tap the Find button (this will only appear if the person is not very far away and in the ~196 feet/60 meter range).

5) You’ll now see how far you are from this person. In case the person is in range but your iPhone is unable to establish a good connection, it will ask you to move to a different location.

Once connected, you’ll see arrows and written instructions asking you which way to walk to find them.

Make it easier for the person to find you

When a person tries to find you using Precision Finding, an alert appears on the screen saying “Person is trying to find you. Open Find My to see where the person is.” Tapping this alert can improve the signal and range. And if both of you share your location with one another, this can help both walk towards each other, making the entire process easier and faster.

If the “Find” button is grayed out and unavailable in the iPhone Find My app

When the person you’re trying to find is more than a couple of hundred feet away, the Find button is replaced with Directions, which, when tapped, opens the Maps app. This is your clue that the person is outside of the Precision Finding range.

However, if the Find button is grayed out and says ‘Unavailable,’ that means the person is nearby, but their iPhone does not support Precision Finding. This means they have an iPhone 14, 13, 12, or 11 (all of which have the U1 chip).

And in case they have an iPhone XS, XR, X, or older, the Find option will never appear for them, as these phones don’t even have the first-generation U1 Ultra Wideband chip.

The unavailability of the Find button may also indicate a glitch, which you can solve by restarting either or both iPhones. In case you face this issue frequently, update to the latest version of iOS.

More on this:

• Fix Precision Finding not working on iPhone
• What to do if your iPhone is lost or stolen

Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/03/24/use-precision-finding-to-locate-people/

Learn what to do if webpage content cuts off, showing empty white space at the bottom when browsing in Safari on an iPhone running iOS 26.

Some users have reported that Safari in iOS 26 abruptly cuts off the bottom portion of the webpage, making it impossible to view the full content, unless scrolled down.

In some cases, even the options on the Safari Start Page are weirdly chopped off, looking strange and un-Apple-like.

If you’re also facing this problem, here are some tips to fix it.

Update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS 26

If your iPhone is still running an initial build of iOS 26, head to Settings > General > Software Update and install the most recent version, which at the time of writing is iOS 26.3.1 (with iOS 26.4 coming very soon).

Make sure the page has fully loaded

It can also happen that the webpage you’re on hasn’t fully loaded due to an Internet or VPN issue. Simply check your internet connection and refresh the webpage by tapping the curved arrow icon in the Safari address bar.

Restart your iPhone

iOS 26, much like its predecessor, is super buggy and glitchy. Since the nature of my work involves using iPhone, iPad, and Mac for hours every day, I have noticed many issues, such as Safari showing a full empty white page, Universal Clipboard failing to work almost every day, AirDrop not transferring files or keeping me waiting, apps getting unresponsive, and so on.

I know I don’t always like to restart my iPhone in the middle of work, but this simple step is highly effective. So if it has been a while since you last restarted your device, do it now, then check whether the cut-off half-empty white webpage issue is fixed.

Turn off Reduce Transparency mode

If you don’t like the new Liquid Glass design language, you can minimize its effect by turning on reduce transparency, which blurs some background to improve legibility.

If you have already installed the latest version of iOS 26, but this weird Safari problem continues, follow these steps to turn off Reduce Transparency, which should fix the issue.

1. Open the Settings app and tap Accessibility.
2. Tap Display & Text Size.
3. Turn off Reduce Transparency if it’s on.
4. Now force-quit and reopen Safari, or restart your iPhone, and visit the same webpage again. Chances are, it won’t cut off the page to show a white box in the lower half of the screen.

Try another Safari bottom tab style

Safari supports three bottom tab layouts, with Compact being the default. Head to iOS 26 Settings > Apps > Safari and select Bottom or Top. Then, open Safari and refresh the webpage. This time, it should show the full contents, without cutting anything off.

Edit Safari Start Page

If you notice that some elements on your Safari Start Page are cut off, follow the above tips. And if those have not helped, try the following:

1. Go to Safari Start Page on your iPhone, tap Edit, and turn off all options.
2. Force quit Safari.
3. Restart your iPhone.
4. Open Safari, tap Edit, and re-add the options you want on the Start Page. Hopefully, some of them won’t be cut off now.

Clear Safari browser data

If the problem remains unsolved, go to iOS 26 Settings > Apps > Safari and clear all history and browser data. Then, restart your iPhone, and this issue should be a thing of the past.

Check if the problem happens in other browsers

Unlike on macOS, browsers on iOS, including Chrome, are required to use Apple’s WebKit engine. This means they share the same underlying rendering engine as Safari, even though they have different interfaces.

Still, visit the same webpage in Chrome, Firefox, or other browsers and check if the issue repeats. In case it doesn’t, clear the Safari browser data, as mentioned above.

Reset all iOS settings

If webpages in Safari on your iPhone are showing an empty white box in the lower half, not because of bugs or glitches, but due to conflicting settings, then resetting everything can help.

Go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset and reset all settings. You can read the consequences of this in our linked tutorial.

Set up your iPhone again

Lastly, if nothing helps, and waiting for a new iOS 26 update, or switching to another browser is not an option for you, consider erasing your device and setting it up again. Of course, before you do this, back up all your essentials to iCloud or make a full device backup.

Were you able to fix this weird issue with the above solutions? Or, did something else work for you? Please share in the comments below so your experience can help somebody else facing the same problem.

Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2026/03/23/webpage-content-cutting-off-safari/