Iphone vs Watch Cellular Connectivity
Howdy. I just bought a new iPhone 12 and Apple Watch SE (GPS+cellular). Sometimes I leave the phone at home and go for a walk wearing the watch. At home, cellular connectivity is poor and usually falls back to (Xfinity's) wifi-calling. On my walk in a nearby park, with the phone at home, cell service on the watch is pretty bad, with calls going over immediately to voicemail. When I have both devices with me, however, in the same place at the park, cell service on the watch is fine. This leads me to suspect that the quality of watch connectivity to the cell network is dependent on that of the phone it's paired to. I'm still on the learning curve with both devices, so am vague on how exactly the phone and watch talk to each other.
My questions: Is the quality of the watch's cell service dependent on that of the phone? Is this dependency unaffected by the presence or absence of wifi calling? Thanks. embium
