Having someone else use an Apple Watch paired to my iPhone

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Having someone else use an Apple Watch paired to my iPhone

I have a 2nd gen iWatch my wife never used and now I would like to give to my daughter who is 10 and does not have a phone. I know you have to pair it to a phone to get the watch to work, but after this I would like it to have minimal access to my info, minimal alerts and essentially just have her use it as a watch and whatever apps sit on the watch itself without needing to communicate to my phone. Has anyone done this and are there any important considerations? I’m wondering specifically about how to NOT have the Activity sync with my phone. Thanks!

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Posted on Sep 21, 2021 1:42 PM

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IdrisSeabright

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Sep 21, 2021 1:49 PM in response to rpk1430

Unfortunately, you'd need an Apple Watch 4 or later to do this in a way that your daughter isn't getting your information and the watch isn't syncing to your activity.

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khajotia

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Sep 21, 2021 1:52 PM in response to rpk1430

You can set all notifications to off. Keep blue tooth off on your device so that it wont pair, but this can be tricky at times as It can auto connect. what you can do is make a new apple id for her, pair it to that, then sign out and sign back in to your id.

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Having someone else use an Apple Watch paired to my iPhone

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