Can the Apple Watch Bluetooth pair with a car

Just curious; can the watch be paired to a car's Bluetooth?

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Apr 26, 2015 8:41 AM

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Nov 3, 2017 5:37 AM in response to Jobdav

Same problem with my 2013 Honda Civic and 2016 Honda Accord. Gets to the actual pairing process but then the pairing times out. I connected my LG Urbane 2nd Ed LTE watch to both cars with no problems and that watch was also paired to the very same iPhone. Is this due to different support of the Bluetooth spec? Is Apple Watch simply incapable of the pairing handshake with non-LE (Low Energy) devices? Urbane 2 supports Bluetooth 4.1 plus Bluetooth LE. Apple Watch 3 is maybe Bluetooth 5 LE? BT 5 is backward compatible with 4.x but does the Watch 3 support LE-only? I'd expect more cars will also support wifi in the future, which theoretically would be another method for Apple Watch to connect. Unfortunately, none of that conjecture means anything for most, if not all, people today who'd like to be able to leave their phone while taking calls and streaming music on their Apple Watch 3 LTE over the car stereo. Perhaps a small use-case but I fall into it anyway.

May 2, 2015 11:33 AM in response to iWildcat

There seems to be conflicts with the Apple Watch, iPhone6 Bluetooth and car connectivity. The iPhone is the hub that Bluetooth goes through for both the watch and the car, the watch itself is not pairing to the car. I have an iPhone 6 Plus that has no problem connecting to my Toyota RAV4 EV audio and phone system via Bluetooth. I recently paired an Apple Watch to the phone, and all was well until the next time I got into my car. The automobile Bluetooth would no longer automatically pair with the phone, and when I forced a connection, the result was that my watch would no longer receive calls. I left it alone, and a few days later I realized that my watch had ceased other operations as well: it would no longer charge with the provided dock, and sending taps, heartbeats and on-watch texts immediately failed. Ultimately, I had to remove the car Bluetooth connection from my iPhone and reset the watch to "out of the box" settings before it became functional again. At this point I cannot connect the iPhone to the car via Bluetooth without impacting the watch. Apple Watch devs: software fix, please!

Nov 27, 2016 12:46 PM in response to rickh710

Is this the latest information/ fix for the Apple Watch and 6+ phone and car Bluetooth??? I have the newest Apple Watch Series 2 and 6 + phone and 2013 Nissan Leaf with upgraded navigation system. When someone calls me the car Bluetooth and my iPhone do not let me hear the caller. They say they hear me but I can't hear them so I call them back and then my car Bluetooth works. Is there a fix for this????

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