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does a series 5 apple watch need both wifi and a bluetooth connection to a iphone or will it work with cellar from the iphone without WIFI?

does a series 5 apple watch need both wifi and a bluetooth connection to a iphone or will it work with cellar from the iphone without WIFI?

Posted on Nov 27, 2019 7:54 PM

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Posted on Nov 28, 2019 1:29 AM

The watch works fine without wifi,I only use wifi when I update the watch apart from that it's always off,the watch talks to the phone using bluetooth and if your watch is cellular then it makes calls and sends texts through the phones service provider via an esim that is in the watch.GPS only watch makes calls and sends texts via the phone which must be in bluetooth range of the phone.

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Nov 28, 2019 1:29 AM in response to Buckeye1971

The watch works fine without wifi,I only use wifi when I update the watch apart from that it's always off,the watch talks to the phone using bluetooth and if your watch is cellular then it makes calls and sends texts through the phones service provider via an esim that is in the watch.GPS only watch makes calls and sends texts via the phone which must be in bluetooth range of the phone.

does a series 5 apple watch need both wifi and a bluetooth connection to a iphone or will it work with cellar from the iphone without WIFI?

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