I’ve heard rumours of the ability to pair Apple Watches with iPads in iOS 17/WatchOS 10. My son would like an Apple Watch but doesn’t have a phone. Can anyone confirm that this is true? We don’t do betas for updates so I’m not sure whether this is a feature or not. Thanks!
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iPad Air (5th generation)
capwalker666 wrote:
Yes, I tried and it wouldn't. But this is the best chance to put in a suggestion, no ? (hint)
Tried what? To pair it with an iPad? Given Apple Watch is going to have its 10 year anniversary this year and Apple still has NEVER engineered Apple Watch to pair with an iPad for many obvious reasons, feel free to put in a feature request, but don't expect it to ever happen. The biggest reason of all is iPad does NOT have a cellular radio, like an iPhone does. iPad is NOT a cell phone. So pairing an Apple Watch to an iPad won't work at all.
capwalker666 wrote:
Yes, I tried and it wouldn't. But this is the best chance to put in a suggestion, no ? (hint)
Tried what? To pair it with an iPad? Given Apple Watch is going to have its 10 year anniversary this year and Apple still has NEVER engineered Apple Watch to pair with an iPad for many obvious reasons, feel free to put in a feature request, but don't expect it to ever happen. The biggest reason of all is iPad does NOT have a cellular radio, like an iPhone does. iPad is NOT a cell phone. So pairing an Apple Watch to an iPad won't work at all.
hrgolden wrote:
iPads have Apple Fitness+ which does pair with Apple Watch.
Sure, but that's not what this thread is really about. People want to know if they can pair their Apple Watch with an iPad even if they don't have an iPhone or in place of pairing it with iPhone, which is a NO, they can't.
You can not Connect any iPad to an Apple Watch, ⌚️ it will only connect to an iPhone
Make sure before you buy the watch to check if it is compatible with your phone
Qeyamullah wrote:
How do I connect my Apple Watch to a series 6 Apple Watch to iPad
Read the thread, where it's been answered over and over that you cannot pair an Apple Watch with an iPad. Apple Watch pairs to iPhone.
No, you can’t because iPad does not have the Apple Watch app
Hate to say it but you need an iPhone (minimum SE model and running iOS 17.x) .. this simple fact renders the Apple Watch not a useable piece of wearable tech but just a glorified remote control.
Unfortunately Apple seem to want to go this way with their products (it pains me as I have been using their tech since the early '90s) ... but simply put things like the latest generation iPhone, the Watch and some of the other ephemera are just not worth the money.
akasha209 wrote:
Yes
The answer is NO.
This will be my last comment. It's great to see you googled an answer. But what you've surmised from that google search, I'm sure is an attempt to prove that an iPad should be able to pair with an Apple Watch. Which is, after all, the entire point of this thread. The fact is an Apple Watch cannot, nor has it ever had a way to pair with an iPad. You did make a point previously that to make phone calls a device needs to have voice and data which iPhone has. iPad doesn't. That's what I mean by saying an iPad doesn't have a cellular radio like iPhone does.
Anything else is purely semantic and doesn't help anyone in this thread who simply want to know if they can pair an Apple Watch with an iPad. The answer is an emphatic NO, they cannot pair an Apple Watch with an iPad.
If anyone here is not happy about that, arguing with only other users, none of whom have anything to do with Apple, nor why Apple makes things work as they do, is a waste of time and pointless.
Feel free to let Apple Know what you'd like to see here --> Feedback - Watch - Apple
No you can’t pair it with your iPad but you can a phone
You can’t pair a Apple Watch to a iPad because you cannot put your iPad in your pocket and take it places although with iPhones, you can put it in your pocket and take it places so if you don’t want to check your iPhone then you can check your Apple Watch
Yes, I tried and it wouldn't. But this is the best chance to put in a suggestion, no ? (hint)
Yes you can but you will not have all the features that you would have on the iPhone
You can't pair it to an iPad at all. So yes, if you have an iPhone 13 you can pair it to, then pair it to your iPhone 13, then unpair it from your iPhone 13 and pair it with your 15 Pro once it's returned.
If you didn't unpair the watch from the 15 Pro before sending it in for service, you'll need the directions in this link about how to pair your watch if you no longer have the old iPhone --> How to pair your Apple Watch with a new iPhone - Apple Support
I'm sorry, but you are completely wrong. A cellular iPad gets data from a cellular connection, but it does NOT, nor has ANY iPad EVER had a cellular radio. Without an iPhone a cellular iPad cannot make phone calls. It has NEVER been able to make phone calls on its own. That is why Apple created Continuity Services so you could piggy back off the cellular radio of an iPhone, which an iPad DOES NOT have. All you get from a cellular iPad is data from a cellular provider when you are not able to be connected to Wifi. Which is why you can't pair an Apple Watch to an iPad.
You don't have to believe me. But I'm 100% right.
Can I pair Apple Watches with iPads?
