Connect Bluetooth headset to watch & iPhone simultaneously?

On the watch where the call rings, if you slide up it gives you an option to "answer on my iphone". Wouldn't the most elegant solution just be to pair the bluetooth with the iPhone so that any call answered on the watch through iPhone goes to the bluetooth headset when you choose "answer on my iphone"?

The simple solution is to use the button on your bluetooth headset device to answer the call. Answering calls on the watch is more just to impress your nearby friends; not really practically useful as there is a delay and the volume in minimal.

I feel the taps that someone is calling, phone in my pocket on vibrate, look at my wrist and see who it is, then answer with my BT headset. Boom done.

Hi

Since your question was posted, Apple has released various products that connect to both Apple Watch and iPhone at the same time, with sound switching automatically between them as required:

AirPods:

• Buy AirPods - Apple (US, for example)
• Use your AirPods - Apple Support

BeatsX Earphones:

• Buy BeatsX In-Ear Headphones - Apple

Powerbeats3 Wireless Earphones:

• Powerbeats3 Wireless Earphones - Neighborhood Collection - Brick Red - Apple

Beats Studio3 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones:

• Beats Studio3 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones - Shadow Grey - Apple

Beats Solo3 Wireless On-Ear Headphones:

• Beats Solo3 Wireless On-Ear Headphones - Neighborhood Collection - Break Blue - AppleBB

crashCart wrote:

This is a great question. I have an AppleWatch S2 and am wasting money buying BT devices that it won't sync with. I mean literally I follow these steps with NO resolution

1. Put Headphones in pair mode

2. Go to setting on watch and select Bluetooth and I see the headphones.

3. I tap pair ...

4. Cycling dots to show processing

5. Please be sure to turn Bluetooth device on and put in in pair mode

6. Waste hours reading threads that are filled with people who don't know the answer to the question telling me not to use the device as intended.

I want to use my watch during workouts where I don't have my phone with me. Fewer distractions. This is how it was intended to work. I have used BT 3.0 to BT 4.1 with NO success.

I'm not entirely clear why your responding to me. I think you'd get more assistance if you started your own thread as your problem is not the same as the subject of this thread which is how to pair a BT headset to an Apple Watch and an iPhone at the same time. That question has been answered: you can't. It sounds as if you're having trouble pairing a headset to your Apple Watch.

I'd suggest you review this support article:

Use Bluetooth accessories with your Apple Watch - Apple Support

If that doesn't help, start your own thread with subject line that describes your problem.

Don't answer the call using the watch. Instead push the button on the headset. Just about all headsets work this way. Many even accept voice commands. My Q3, for example I can just say "answer".

What you are asking is technologically impossible. A Bluetooth hands-free device can only connect to one audio source at a time. It's a limitation of the Bluetooth standard and the way it is implemented.

This is a great question. I have an AppleWatch S2 and am wasting money buying BT devices that it won't sync with. I mean literally I follow these steps with NO resolution

1. Put Headphones in pair mode

2. Go to setting on watch and select Bluetooth and I see the headphones.

3. I tap pair ...

4. Cycling dots to show processing

5. Please be sure to turn Bluetooth device on and put in in pair mode

6. Waste hours reading threads that are filled with people who don't know the answer to the question telling me not to use the device as intended.

I want to use my watch during workouts where I don't have my phone with me. Fewer distractions. This is how it was intended to work. I have used BT 3.0 to BT 4.1 with NO success.

Meanwhile, my phone is autoloading music taking up storage that it will NEVER play at this rate.

So if anyone knows what they are talking about, in regard to syncing please answer the question people who want to tell me I'm doing it wrong, go away and stop trolling.

Sorry about that Iris, it was intended as a general reply.

This Bluetooth issue has been frustrating me, and finding 4 pages of people telling you to not use your watch the way you would like to, or more to the point just an answer to your question about how to get a proper pairing.

crashCart wrote:

Sorry about that Iris, it was intended as a general reply.

This Bluetooth issue has been frustrating me, and finding 4 pages of people telling you to not use your watch the way you would like to, or more to the point just an answer to your question about how to get a proper pairing.

Again, this thread wasn't about how to simply pair a headset with your watch. It was about how to pair one with both devices. And that can't be done.

The iris is one of my favorite flowers so, it's all good.

Well I got mine connected to both so *shrug* it took resetting my watch and restoring it. Now my earbuds are paired with Watch and iPhone.

So there's that, which is nice.

Sorry I offended you by being frustrated by people just saying it can't be done or do something else.

Have a great one!

crashCart wrote:

Sorry I offended you by being frustrated by people just saying it can't be done or do something else.

I'm not sure why you think I'm offended. Disagreeing with someone does not imply offense, merely disagreement.

I'm not. Have a nice day yourself.

I bought a bluetooth headset to use specifically with my watch. I, too, am frustrated that I cannot pair both watch and phone with my headset. While I don't talk on my phone much I do listen to music and watch tv/movies on my phone and it would be nice to be able to use my headset while doing that instead of having to grab my Apple ear buds. I agree that a new update for this should be made.

I am sorry if you feel that way.

I am personally very happy indeed with the features and performance of my AirPods and BeatsX Earphones. Whilst I appreciate that your view appears to differ, I also feel that each product offers fair value for money.

No, what Apple did is come up with added technology (the W1 chip) that allowed this while still adhering to Bluetooth protocols. For you to be connected to both devices not using this you need to specifically find a set of BT headphones with two separate receivers that each can connect simultaneously to two devices.

I have the same problem and can’t find the answer.

The Bluetooth bud set will answer & hang up the call but the sound is only from the watch. I’m also amazed not many people have had this issue. Have you found a solution? JW