This is how an auto driver returned a Bengaluru woman's lost Airpods

A woman lost her Apple AirPods in an auto while traveling to work. However, she got them back within half an hour, thanks to an honest and tech-savvy auto driver.

A Bengaluru woman's social media post on recovering her Apple AirPods - misplaced in an auto rickshaw on her way to work Tuesday morning - is being widely shared online. Not only did she get the expensive item back but she did so thanks to a technology-savvy auto rickshaw driver who tracked her down to return an item worth at least ₹15,000.

The driver connected the AirPods to his phone, then searched the name it was stored under in his PhonePe transaction history to find its rightful owner, a Twitter post said. (Vishal Mathur / HT Photo)

Shidika left the AirPods in the auto rickshaw. When the driver found it he connected them to his phone to find the owner's name, cross-checked that against recent PhonePe transactions to identify her and return the AirPods - all in just 30 minutes.

"Lost my AirPods while traveling in an auto. Half an hour later auto driver who dropped me at WeWork showed up at the entrance and gave it back to security. Apparently, he connected the AirPods to find owner's name and used PhonePe transactions to reach me..." she said.

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Others appreciated the driver's honesty. "That's great of the Auto guy. In case you hired it thro Ubr please let them know the honest guy and appreciate," one person wrote.

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"Sometimes I feel Bengaluru Auto drivers are more tech savvy than any of us," another said.

"That's crazy! it's only right now that you give him one of the airpods," one person wrote, to which another quipped, "They're podmates now."