We are wanting to get an Apple Watch for our 13 year old daughter but don’t want her to have a phone yet. Can we use one of our old Apple devices to pair with the watch? What kinda of range does it have?
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iPad Pro, iPadOS 17
Look into the Apple Watch Family Plan
Set up Apple Watch for a family member - Apple Support
Set up a family member’s Apple Watch - Apple Support
Some limitations: Cannot receive SMS/MMS messages, as that depends on a fully paired iPhone. Messaging is pretty much limited to Apple’s Messages, unless the messaging service provides an Apple Watch app. Alarms, alerts, notifications on the iPhone are not sent to the Apple Watch. Apple Pay via a credit card is not available. Also not available: Medications, respiratory rate, irregular heart rhythm notifications, ECG, AFib History, Cycle Tracking, Sleep, Wrist Temperature, Blood Oxygen, Walking Steadiness, Audiobooks, Camera Remote, News, Shortcuts, and the double tap gesture.
If you are going to use an old iPhone, it will still need a carrier plan, and must be an iPhone XS, XR, SE 2nd gen, 11, or newer.
Here is a list of carriers that support the Apple Watch, if you are going to use an old iPhone:
https://www.apple.com/watch/cellular/
You can pair it with an older iPhone, but make sure that it is not too old because it can be difficult to pair newer Apple Watches to very old iOS systems
Can I pair an Apple Watch with an Old Apple device?
