With a series 6 APPLE. WATCH with GPS and CARRIER set up require that the iPhone is turned on to make and receive phone calls?
SMS/MMS services still require an iPhone relay. The iPhone does not need to be with you, but for SMS/MMS texting, the iPhone needs to be powered on, and have access to the Internet.
Phone calls and Internet based messaging services do not need the iPhone.
See this web page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205547
I was asking this question because at the APPLE STORE in St. Louis, MO (West County Mall) we were told that the iPhone had to be turned on for the series 6 Apple Watch that we had purchased with GPS and Cellular would not work if the iPhone that it was paired with was turned off. I did not think that this was correct. Thanks for confirming that it was not correct.
No. A cellular Apple Watch will function independently.
With APPLE WATCH series 6 that has GPS and CARRIER set up. . . Does the iPhone that it is paired with need to be turned on to make and receive Carrier calls?
