I bought a series eight watch today with its own phone number on verizon. I want to pair it with my current phone that is on consumer cellular. can I do that. nothing seems clear cut. this is a need for carriers like consumer cellular who don't carry what we need. like oh Ion't know watches. any help is appreciated I get the device tomorow.
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Apple Watch Series 8
Sorry, but the watch and iPhone MUST be on the same account and carrier. So, you cannot have a separate Verizon account for the watch, while using Consumer Cellular for your iPhone. Consumer Cellular does not support Apple Watch. So your options are to use the watch as a GPS only watch, meaning you'll need to have your iPhone nearby for many features to work, such as making and receiving phone calls, email, text, etc. Or, move your iPhone over to Verizon and then you have use your watch as a Cellular Apple Watch.
I have a T-mobile family plan personal phone number on my iPhone, and i also added Verizon Visible prepaid work phone number on my iPhone to pair my Ultra 2 watch.
I did separate carriers because i am reimbursed for a work phone number and they prefer Verizon.
Now when i have to work on site i just set my Tmobile number to forward to my Visible work number, so now i can work hands free of a phone, and not worry about dropping my phone in the dirt or concrete.
I can’t find your post but would love your help here. I have a family plan on Tmobile that my family uses. I use my work phone from Verizon. I went in and bought an Apple Watch with its own line since I didn’t want to pair it to one of my families lines. I was going to then pair my watch from tmobile to my work phone with Verizon using the same Apple ID. Tmobile cannot figure out how to do this. They tried to set up cell activation using one of the phones on my family plan, with the idea to then do a reset once activated and pair to my Verizon phone (will forward call). The sim won’t activate no matter what they are trying. Is this possible or should I return the watch?
Hi Elyzabeth,
I reproduce frankfromsantee’s original post below. I’d be very curious whether this works for you because your scenario is almost exactly like my own, down to the carriers. Would you mind letting us know on this thread if this worked for you?
Frankfromsantee: “I was able to do it by having a phone with the same carrier as the watch. First, turn off the cellular service on the phone that you want to pair the watch with then create a hotspot with the other phone that has the same carrier service as your watch service. Attach the phone you are paring with the watch to the hotspot of the other phone, then proceeded on pairing the phone. The watch will automatically recognize the same cellular service and you will set the WiFi later. After the pairing is complete, turn back on cellular service and connect to desired WiFi.”
Can I pair an Apple Watch and an iPhone that have different carriers?
