If you live with someone or are at least close with someone, who uses an iPhone, it may be more possible than ever to use an Apple Watch with an Android phone. With watchOS 7, another workaround appears

Again, your phone and watch aren't paired at this point they're just tied to the same cellular account. You also won't be able to offload any data, like fitness data, to your Android phone. You might also see text messages, though this might be less than reliable. What you need to do is pair the Apple Watch with your iPhone, activate cellular capability on the watch, then swap the SIM card from your iPhone to your Android device, as outlined in our guide.īecause the Apple Watch with LTE can function semi-autonomously and has its own cellular line with your carrier, both your Android phone and Apple Watch will receive calls placed to you. You'll also want your nano-SIM card for your phone. You'll need a cellular Apple Watch, along with access to an iPhone. Or, more accurately, it enables you to use your Apple Watch while using an Android phone. To call this a 'workaround' might seem a bit disingenuous, but it's also technically correct, as this method lets you use your Apple Watch with an Android phone. The only workaround requires a cellular Apple Watch, and you'll still need an iPhone

While it is a Bluetooth device, the Apple Watch is made explicitly to work with the iPhone.īut if you're going to insist on taking this route, the best Apple Watch to get for it is probably the new Apple Watch SE, as it's the cheapest cellular model you can get brand new. There's no way to pair an Apple Watch with an Android phone after setup, either. You need to use the built-in Watch app on your iPhone to activate your watch, set up things like iCloud and Apple Pay and activate cellular connectivity if you have a watch with LTE.

There's no getting around it: if you want to activate and set up your Apple Watch, you need an iPhone.

It's the perennial question every time new Apple Watch software of a new watch comes out: can you use the Apple Watch with Android? The Apple Watch needs an iPhone to get set up, and won't pair with Android at all

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