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Mar 3, 2016 8:05 AM in response to kurtfromcharlotteby Meg St._Clair,★HelpfulOther than the fact that Garmin is notorious for not playing nice with other devices, especially the older Garmin devices that were ANT only, no, that's not currently an option with the Apple Watch.
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Mar 2, 2016 11:43 AM in response to kurtfromcharlotteby Drew Reece,kurtfromcharlotte wrote:
I have an old Garmin running watch....would be great to pair it's GPS feature with the Apple Watch....
Contact Apple & request that they allow other device to work with their products.
Apple are even worse than Garmin for locking down what is allowed to connect to their devices, that is why you can't connect the Apple Watch to anything else. The Apple Watch has Bluetooth & Wifi but you can't use those for anything besides what Apple allows.
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Mar 3, 2016 3:34 AM in response to Drew Reeceby deggie,★HelpfulApple just doesn't use a lot of Bluetooth profiles, notably the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) profile. Garmin has gone beyond what Apple does and even blocked devices within their pairing profile.
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Mar 3, 2016 8:14 AM in response to kurtfromcharlotteby kurtfromcharlotte,Thanks for all the replies, everyone. I'm bummed that it's not possible to pair a GPS other than my iPhone to my Apple Watch. It seems weird that they would allow other 3rd party devices to pair, like heart rate sensors, but not a GPS. I was ok that the watch didn't have GPS when I bought it and I still love the watch. But, hey, if you're gonna make something without a function, why not at least allow accessories with that function to pair to it? I mean what good is it to me that I can pair 3rd party heart rate sensor?... the watch already has a heart rate sensor. I need to pair functionality that the watch does not already have on its own.
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Mar 3, 2016 8:18 AM in response to kurtfromcharlotteby deggie,Using a heart rate strap is more accurate and they use the Low Power Bluetooth which the Watch Supports. I don't know of any GPS devices that use this profile.