Roger Rodrigues

Q: Pair two watches to one iPhone

Can two watches be paired to one iPhone?

Posted on May 3, 2015 5:04 AM

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Q: Pair two watches to one iPhone

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  • by Diane T,Helpful

    Diane T Diane T May 3, 2015 4:15 PM in response to Roger Rodrigues
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    May 3, 2015 4:15 PM in response to Roger Rodrigues

    I called the info number when I had this question and was told yes, two watches can be paired to the same iphone. However, I am not sure that the person answering the phones really knew ... I want to verify this myself.

  • by Roger Rodrigues,

    Roger Rodrigues Roger Rodrigues May 3, 2015 4:16 PM in response to Diane T
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    May 3, 2015 4:16 PM in response to Diane T

    I checked with the gerius at the Apple Store. No, only one watch at a time. If another is to be paired, the first watch has to be unpaired

  • by Dwebstert,

    Dwebstert Dwebstert May 14, 2015 8:41 AM in response to Roger Rodrigues
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    May 14, 2015 8:41 AM in response to Roger Rodrigues

    It would be nice if the Apple Watch app on the iPhone could support two different Apple Watch profiles. For instance, a sports to workout with and a SS for everyday wear. Then you can wear the watch you wanted based on the occasion. But as I understand it, once you unpair a watch, you lose any activity data on that watch and any Apple Pay authorized credit card data. Maybe this will be an enhancement in a future release.

  • by Diane T,

    Diane T Diane T May 14, 2015 9:29 AM in response to Dwebstert
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    May 14, 2015 9:29 AM in response to Dwebstert

    Oh no, this is disastrous. I understand one bluetooth connection to a device at a time, but why wipe out the 2nd "account" or data collection entity? From a programming point of view this seems very unnecessary.

     

    I ordered one watch for me and one for my husband but we have one cell phone.

     

    Apple, please change this, if true.

  • by Dwebstert,

    Dwebstert Dwebstert May 14, 2015 9:37 AM in response to Diane T
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    May 14, 2015 9:37 AM in response to Diane T

    I agree. I cannot believe that they did not consider this before hand. Here is the article I was referring to: Back up your Apple Watch - Apple Support.

     

    As you can see when you unpair you also lose a couple of additional things.

  • by Chamar,Helpful

    Chamar Chamar May 28, 2015 12:35 PM in response to Dwebstert
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    May 28, 2015 12:35 PM in response to Dwebstert

    Agreed.  There must be many people like us who have two Apple watches and one iPhone 6s.  I have a 38mm model on a leather strap and a 42mm on the rather tacky rubber/plastic band.  Admittedly re-syncing each one only takes a few seconds but it is inconvenient.

  • by AppleMan001,

    AppleMan001 AppleMan001 May 28, 2015 8:17 PM in response to Diane T
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    May 28, 2015 8:17 PM in response to Diane T

    Its not a problem with Bluetooth, your phone can handle multiple BT connections at once. Apple does not see a need for people to have more that one apple watch. Also syncing to multiple watches would be a disaster.

     

    Note: Apple is not on this thread. Use their feedback website: apple.com/feedback

  • by Diane T,

    Diane T Diane T May 28, 2015 9:05 PM in response to AppleMan001
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    May 28, 2015 9:05 PM in response to AppleMan001

    Why would it be any different from syncing to more than one computer or device (like iPad)? Each bluetooth device has its own address ... One would think that each watch could be a unique "account" . My mail comes to many devices ... etc. One could also specify one watch to be the dominant one ...

     

    Aside from the cost of a second iPhone, a second connection account is $40 a month. In our case we only need notifications on one of the watches ...

  • by AppleMan001,

    AppleMan001 AppleMan001 May 29, 2015 9:22 AM in response to Diane T
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    May 29, 2015 9:22 AM in response to Diane T

    It would be hard to sync health data as well as app data to multiple watches. Also, how would your phone know which one to send digital touch and heartbeat too? Just like the iPhone and iPod only being able to sync to one iTunes, it's too difficult to sync between multiple computers. Email is different because it has one main server and only one type of data being accessed. The watch is not an "account" it's a complete device with individual settings, data, and input. How would you tell it which one to send notifications to? What if that one was offline? What if you both reply with each watch to one text? The watch is a personal accessor. Not a replacement for a phone.