Apple Watch international roaming

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Apple Watch international roaming

International roaming is said to be possible with Watch OS9. I am from Finland, now in Spain, and I can’t get it working. My watch 7 connects to Vodafone and few others but they all do the same. I get Green light with 4G, but after 10 sec connection cuts. To me it looks like handshaking problem but I don’t know. I have my iPhone in that cellular networks without any problem. It looks like any cellular accepts my phone but not my watch.

My operator claims that the multi SIM Service works properly. I try first connect iPhone to cellular, then the watch to the same network.

Have I done something wrong ? What is the right way then?

Posted on Nov 19, 2022 08:44 AM

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joe_g78

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Nov 21, 2022 03:42 PM in response to Mattsson01

Hello Mattsson01,

Roaming is determined by the carrier on cellular devices. From Set up cellular on Apple Watch:

To get international roaming on your Apple Watch, contact your iPhone carrier to add your watch to your iPhone cellular roaming plan. For international roaming to work on your Apple Watch, your carrier must support VoLTE and roaming. Not all carriers support international roaming on Apple Watch and coverage in other countries is determined by your carrier.

To turn on international roaming, open the Settings app on your Apple Watch. Tap Cellular, then turn on Data Roaming.

Note that unlike iPhone, there isn't a worldwide Apple Watch model that supports all cellular bands used globally. Find out which carriers in your country or region offer cellular service for Apple Watch.

Cheers!

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Mattsson01 Author

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Nov 24, 2022 01:31 PM in response to joe_g78

Key word here is VoLTE, I have learned. No roaming without that.

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