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Gmail and Contacts for Apple Watch using Family Setup

I recently purchased an Apple Watch for my young daughter and set it up under my iPhone using Family Setup. Is the only way to add Contacts to the watch through my iPhone - in other words is there no way to sync her watch with her existing Contacts under her iCloud account? Also, I don't see a way to add other email accounts to the watch - only her iCloud email account shows up under Mail.

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Posted on Jul 1, 2021 4:37 AM

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Jul 2, 2021 9:01 AM in response to tgok23

OK so the gist is that, even if my child has an existing Apple ID and has contacts synced through the cloud, there is no way to sync those contacts with her watch under Family Setup - they have to be added/approved via the primary iPhone. Correct?


Any thoughts on how to add her Gmail account?

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Jul 2, 2021 8:58 AM in response to augustwest2000

Greetings augustwest2000,


From your post we can see that you've purchased an Apple Watch for your daughter and have questions on how to connect her contacts.


You've asked a really great question. When you used Family Setup, you've noticed there isn't a way to set up her personal contacts, you would choose the trusted contacts from your iCloud contacts: Set up a family member’s Apple Watch


You'd do this using Screen Time: Use Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch There are a few places to check in this guide including" If you're using Family Sharing to manage a child account" and "Communication Limits". You'd add the contacts to your iCloud account you approve from your daughter's contacts.


We hope this helps!


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Jul 2, 2021 10:27 AM in response to augustwest2000

augustwest2000,


Great questions. You're correct, it's controlled through your iCloud account. Since there isn't a Contact app on the Apple Watch, there wouldn't be a way to add her iCloud or Gmail account through Family Setup.


You can always leave feedback for Apple regarding this feature: Feedback - Apple Watch


We hope this helps.

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Gmail and Contacts for Apple Watch using Family Setup

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