Will cellular service make my watch work better?

I know the benefit, supposedly, of adding cellular to the watch is that you can use it without having your phone. I want to know if it will make everything work better overall? My main issue is with the Simplisafe app where it won’t work if you haven’t opened it in the phone “recently,” which is absolutely pointless because I’ll just turn it on or off from the phone if I have to get it out. The Meater app has never worked, it always says it can’t find my probes even though the phone can see them.

Posted on Nov 22, 2023 4:32 AM

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Posted on Nov 22, 2023 11:45 AM

Cellular is just another radio that the Apple Watch can use to talk to the Internet and to the iPhone. If SimplySafe does not work correctly when the Apple Watch can talk to it via Bluetooth or WiFi, then adding in Cellular when you are away from home and your iPhone is not going to change anything.


This is an issue with the SimplySafe iPhone and Apple Watch apps, not your radios.


A GPS Only Apple Watch can do EVERYTHING a Cellular model can do AS LONG AS the iPhone is nearby. The Cellular just lets you leave the iPhone at home when you go for a walk, run, bike ride, etc...

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Nov 22, 2023 11:45 AM in response to compuwiz1937

Cellular is just another radio that the Apple Watch can use to talk to the Internet and to the iPhone. If SimplySafe does not work correctly when the Apple Watch can talk to it via Bluetooth or WiFi, then adding in Cellular when you are away from home and your iPhone is not going to change anything.


This is an issue with the SimplySafe iPhone and Apple Watch apps, not your radios.


A GPS Only Apple Watch can do EVERYTHING a Cellular model can do AS LONG AS the iPhone is nearby. The Cellular just lets you leave the iPhone at home when you go for a walk, run, bike ride, etc...

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