Q: When making a call using Apple Watch, is there a way for the watches native audio and mic capabilities to be bypassed in favour of a connected bluetooth headset?

Deggie,

I'm not a programmer, I'm a consumer, and while I admit that I have no idea how the coding behind these devices works, what I am suggesting should not be impossible. As you have just described above, the Watch could in theory send the call back to the iPhone with a simple prompt from the Watch, as it does with various other apps. The "real estate" on the Watch face is a pointless argument to make because many a time now I have been required to scroll down to select various options for the apps supported by the device, whether to reply to a text message or some other option. While the delay you are describing could present a problem, the Watch OS 2 update will allow apps to run natively on the Watch decreasing delay. I don't know whether this will have an impact on the calling functionality between the Watch and the iPhone, but here's hoping. With that being said, when a call is coming through, both my Watch and iPhone are technically ringing. When answered via the watch there is a delay, but when answered via the iPhone there is not. The delay you speak of may likely be due to the fact that you are choosing to answer on the watch and not the phone. If you could quickly scroll down to initiate the call from your iPhone the delay you mention may not even occur because the call itself will not be transferred to the Watch, only the prompt to answer the call.

You also keep ignoring the fact that I would like to be able to INITIATE a phone call, as in MAKE one MYSELF, from my Watch but have the call itself be conducted via the iPhone. This is the real issue at hand in my feedback. I know I can answer calls easily with my headset, which I do, so the issue of someone hanging up before I answer is irrelevant. Furthermore, the Watch shouldn't need to connect to my headset for this to work as the iPhone could create a bridge between these two devices, negating any need for the Watch or the headset to communicate directly, ever. If my wireless headset is connected to my phone, and the call I have initiated on my Watch is designated to my phone via an on screen prompt to do so, the call now occurring on my iPhone should automatically be projected to my bluetooth headset, because that's how the iPhone works.

What is relevant is that I don't want to have to take my phone out every time I want to make a call when the functionality to do so on the Watch could exist. As such, the delay would be on the end of the user and not the receiver, something I and others would not be too bothered by as it beats having to pull your phone out of the bottom of your bag, or fetching it from another room. I have already seen that a phone call is very easily transferred from the Watch to the phone when I pick up my iPhone to continue the conversation that was occurring on the Watch, without any delay in transference, hence why I believe this feature is possible and that you are focusing too heavily on the apparent limitations of the technology and not enough on the communicative functionality and programming which already exists between all of these devices.

On a side note, calling someone out on a support/feedback forum to "write the code that is needed" for a certain function to work isn't constructive. So far, whether you have been right or wrong, which has yet to be determined, in your feedback, I have been uninterested in what you've had to say because you lack lack the ability to communicate in a constructive manner like a regular human being. You also keep referring to how you do things with your devices. Well guess what, you're not the only person using them. We all use our devices differently.

I have already contacted Apple with the feedback mentioned in all communications above. Thank you for whatever time you have taken out of your schedule to try and help inform me better. I will now resign from further communications as this issue has been beaten to death and all we can do now is to wait and see what Apple can manage in future Watch and iOS updates. If you were right all along, more power to you but I firmly believe that outside opinions and ideas, such as my own, can lead to further improvements of the devices we enjoy.

Best regards.