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Emergency calls are made eg after a car crash by cellular or WiFi. WiFi depends upon location. Does it mean that you need to establish cellular services for a watch in order to enable emergency calls from a watch?
Martin
Apple Watch Ultra
With Apple Watch Ultra and a cellular connection to the same carrier used by your iPhone, you can make calls, reply to messages, use Walkie-Talkie, stream music and podcasts, receive notifications, and more, even when you don’t have your iPhone or a Wi-Fi connection.
For more info, see:
Use Apple Watch Ultra with a cellular network - Apple Support
Note: Cellular service not available in all areas or with all carriers.
I am very new to the watch; have it less than a week. You say; "If you carry your phone...." Am I correct that the Ultra watch is incapable of sending or receiving cellular calls without the presence of the iPhone? I think I've read that I can get cellular service for my watch? If so then the presence of my phone would not be necessary? Correct?
Martin
Rephrasing.
If you pay for cellular service on the Apple Watch Ultra, then the Apple Watch Ultra can make phone calls without the iPhone. Getting cellular service for the Apple Watch Ultra involves getting an add-on plan with your iPhone carrier. Typically this is $10 (U.S.) for this iPhone add-on cellular plan.
If you do not get an add-on Apple Watch Ultra cellular plan, OR if you are in an area with weak cellular signals, and the Apple Watch Ultra cannot see a cellular tower, BUT the iPhone, with its larger cellular antenna does see a cellular tower, then the Apple Watch Ultra will piggy-back off of the iPhone, and make the call using the iPhone, if and only if you happen to have your iPhone with you at the time.
WiFi calling typically only happens when you are at home (not always, but mostly), and so if you happen to crash in your driveway or garage, then the Apple Watch Ultra could also use WiFi to make the emergency call.
If you carry your iphone with you then it will use the iphone cellular service, same as for any phone call from the watch.
javaliga gave the complete answer, I was answering assuming the Ultra for some reason could not make cellular connection, which is how I initially understood the question.
Emergency calls are made eg after a car crash by cellular or WiFi. WiFi depends upon location. Does it mean that you need to establish cellular services for a watch in order to enable emergency calls from a watch?
