Does Apple Watch have a Wifi antenna?

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Does Apple Watch have a Wifi antenna?

Sometimes when i disconnect my iPhone but I'm near my Wifi connection i find that it didn't tell me that my iPhone disconnected the bluetooth connection with it.

I just find a "Connected" green word with a Cloud sign right next to it in green as well, like the iCloud logo you know what i mean?

But when i go out and get away from my Wifi connection, and try to disconnect the iPhone from the Watch, it just tells me "Disconnected" in red.

So i just want to know if it does connect to Wifi all by itself or not because if so, of course it should has a Wifi antenna inside right ?

iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Mar 13, 2016 12:54 PM

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Answer 1

Jonathan UK

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Mar 13, 2016 1:24 PM in response to omarelbarbary

Hi

Apple Watch supports both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity.

To check the connection status of your watch, open the Settings Glance: when viewing the time on your watch face, swipe up on the screen, then swipe left / right until you find the Settings Glance. This will state either Connected or Disconnected.

- Connected and a green phone symbol means that your watch is connected to your iPhone via Bluetooth.

- Connected and a green cloud symbol means that your watch is disconnected from your iPhone via Bluetooth, but has connected (as a fallback, when the Bluetooth connection to your iPhone is not available) to a known Wi-Fi network.

- Disconnected and a red phone with a line through it means that your watch is disconnected from your iPhone and is also not connected Wi-Fi.

- Swipe down again to return to the watch face.

More information:

About Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone - Apple Support

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