My cellular provider does not support adding Apple Watches. I purchased the watch through ATT and the salesperson said it was ready to go on cellular. I need it to work on cellular as a stand-alone device.
Apple Watch Ultra 2, watchOS 10
The Apple Watch cannot be a standalone device. It must be associated with an iPhone.
You have 2 options.
1) Change your iPhone carrier to one that supports the Apple Watch
Apple Watch - Carriers - Apple
2) Set up your Apple Watch in a DEGRADED mode under the Apple Watch Family Plan, as if you were your own dependent child (or aging parent)
Set up Apple Watch for a family member - Apple Support
The Apple Watch cannot be a standalone device. It must be associated with an iPhone.
You have 2 options.
1) Change your iPhone carrier to one that supports the Apple Watch
Apple Watch - Carriers - Apple
2) Set up your Apple Watch in a DEGRADED mode under the Apple Watch Family Plan, as if you were your own dependent child (or aging parent)
Set up Apple Watch for a family member - Apple Support
ymbk wrote:
I read through them . . . after I posted the question.. . . sorry. So if I set up my cellular watch with a phone that is on a network that supports both, and I don't have my iPhone within bluetooth or wifi range, are those features also unavailable? My point of buying a cellular watch was to not have to carry the iPhone when I am out on my property, but it appears from what I am finding out, even cellular watches are not fully functional without contact with an iPhone. Not sure I see the point of going with a cellular watch, even though that's what I did. Should have researched more I guess. Thanks for your help.
If your iPhone cellular carrier supports the Apple Watch, and you extend your iPhone plan to share your phone number with your Apple Watch for about $10 U.S. per month added to your iPhone bill, then the Apple Watch is fully functional whether near or away from your iPhone.
The degraded comments were if you want/need to use the Apple Watch Family Plan, and your Apple Watch has a separate number and is not paired to your iPhone, but rather just being remote managed by your iPhone, as if the Apple Watch belonged to a dependent child.
For an adult, the best way to use an Apple Watch, is to pair it to their iPhone and if they want cellular access away from their iPhone, to use an iPhone carrier that supports the Apple Watch, then extend the plan to include sharing the iPhone’s number with the Apple Watch.
Read the link for Apple Watch Family Plan setup. It lists features that are not supported.
For example, no sharing of anything with the iPhone, as it belongs to the parent and not the child. Alarms on the iPhone do not appear in the Apple Watch. No SMS/MMS with Android users, as that is handled by the iPhone. No pinging your iPhone to find it. And a whole bunch more.
Read the link.
I read through them . . . after I posted the question.. . . sorry. So if I set up my cellular watch with a phone that is on a network that supports both, and I don't have my iPhone within bluetooth or wifi range, are those features also unavailable? My point of buying a cellular watch was to not have to carry the iPhone when I am out on my property, but it appears from what I am finding out, even cellular watches are not fully functional without contact with an iPhone. Not sure I see the point of going with a cellular watch, even though that's what I did. Should have researched more I guess. Thanks for your help.
If set it up through the Apple Watch Family Plan, how is that degraded?
How do I set up my watch if it is on a different cellular plan than my iPhone?
