Pairing Apple Watch with someone else's iPhone on Android

i have an apple watch but i dont have an iphone but i have an android,how do i use someone elses iphone to setup the watch , without getting their apple id on my watch after setting up


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Posted on Oct 21, 2025 4:14 AM

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Posted on Oct 21, 2025 4:40 AM

The short answer is, you don't.

If you have a family member with an iPhone, they can potentially set up the watch for you as a standalone device. It MUST be a cellular watch and you will have to subscribe to service on the device.


Either get an iPhone or return the watch.

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Oct 21, 2025 5:15 AM in response to Electropromoter

https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/set-up-a-family-members


https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/set-up-a-family-members-apple-watch-apd54d0a51fb/watchos


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.

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