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Linking Apple Watch Cellular to a secondary iPhone

I'm living in South Africa but working for a US company. My main iPhone therefore is on a US AT&T contract but it won't allow my Apple Watch to connect to AT&T in South Africa.

I get a message saying "This Apple Watch does not support AT&T cellular in this region".

How can I keep my Apple Watch linked to my main iPhone (US AT&T number) and then link the Cellular to a secondary local iPhone (South African number)?

Apple Watch Series 5, watchOS 7

Posted on Oct 19, 2020 4:23 AM

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Posted on Oct 19, 2020 5:51 AM

Read the following 2 articles. You have to have an iPhone that has dual SIM support (a SIM and an eSIM).

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209043

https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/use-apple-watch-with-dual-sim-iphone-apd641d0e7f1/watchos

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Oct 19, 2020 5:51 AM in response to MrsCLow

Read the following 2 articles. You have to have an iPhone that has dual SIM support (a SIM and an eSIM).

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209043

https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/use-apple-watch-with-dual-sim-iphone-apd641d0e7f1/watchos

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