Set up cellular on Apple tree Watch

With a cellular connection on Apple tree Watch, yous can brand calls, answer to letters, receive notifications, and more—even while you're away from your iPhone.

Before y'all first

  • Brand sure that you have the latest software on your iPhone and your Apple Watch.
  • Bank check for updates to your carrier settings.
  • Brand sure that you have an eligible cellular service program with a supported carrier. Your iPhone and Apple Watch must use the same carrier,* and you must exist within your carrier's network when y'all prepare cellular on your sentinel.
  • If you take an enterprise or corporate cellular service programme, check with your company or carrier to encounter if they support this feature. Pre-paid accounts and some older accounts aren't currently supported. To brand certain that your account is eligible, contact your carrier.

* An Apple Watch that you set up for a family member can use a different carrier than your iPhone uses.

Fix up cellular on Apple Scout

You can activate cellular when yous beginning fix your Apple Watch, or when you prepare up a watch for a family member. During setup, look for the selection to set up cellular, then follow the onscreen steps.

You can also set cellular later from the Apple Watch app:

  1. On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app.
  2. Tap the My Watch tab, then tap Cellular.
  3. Tap Ready Cellular.
  4. Follow the instructions for your carrier. You might need to contact your carrier for help.

Fix up cellular on a family fellow member'southward Apple Lookout

You can set up a cellular Apple Watch for a family fellow member who doesn't accept their own iPhone. If your cellular carrier supports the use of a managed Apple Watch, you're given the option to add the watch to your plan during setup. Look for the option to set upwardly cellular, and then follow the onscreen steps. If your carrier doesn't support it, you might exist able to employ an alternative carrier.

If you don't fix cellular on your family member's Apple tree Lookout man initially, you tin can do information technology after with these steps:

  1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap All Watches, tap your family member's Apple Watch, then tap Done.
  3. Tap Cellular, then tap Fix Up Cellular.
  4. Follow the instructions for your carrier. You lot might need to contact your carrier for help.

To encounter the phone number assigned to your family member's Apple Lookout after yous ready cellular, go to Settings on the watch, then tap Telephone.

Setting upwards a managed Apple Sentry for a family member is available only in sure countries or regions.

If you're in China mainland, you must verify your identity when setting up cellular on a family member'south Apple Spotter, as required by local regulations. Contact your carrier for further assistance if needed.

Connect to a cellular network

Your Apple Watch with cellular automatically switches to the most power-efficient wireless available: Information technology tin connect to your iPhone when itʼs nearby, a Wi-Fi network, or cellular. When your watch connects to cellular, it uses LTE networks. If LTE isn't available, your watch will try to connect to UMTS if your carrier supports information technology.

When your watch connects to a cellular network, you can check the signal strength from Control Center or the Explorer watch face. To open Control Center, touch and concur the lesser of the screen, then swipe up.

Full cellular signal in Control Center on Apple Watch.

The Cellular button turns greenish when you lot have a connection. The green dots show the signal strength.

Control Center on Apple Watch.

The Cellular button turns white when your cellular plan is active, but your picket is connected to your iPhone using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

Changing carriers

Your iPhone and Apple Watch must use the aforementioned carrier, unless the watch was prepare for a family member who doesn't have an iPhone. If you change carriers on your iPhone,* you demand to remove the previous service plan on your Apple Lookout and sign up for a new plan. Here'south how:

  1. On your iPhone, open the Apple tree Watch app.
  2. Tap the My Watch tab, then tap Cellular.
  3. Your Apple Lookout man should automatically switch to the carrier that your iPhone is using. If you lot demand to add together a new plan, tap Add a New Programme, then follow the onscreen steps. If your previous programme however appears in the Apple Watch app, you lot can remove it.

If you need help, contact your carrier.

* Carrier fees may apply. Contact your carrier for details.

Transfer your cellular plan to a new Apple Watch

When y'all're set to start using a new Apple Sentinel, you can transfer cellular service from your old lookout man to your new one. Hither's how:

  1. Remove the cellular plan from your old Apple Watch. You tin do this from the Apple Watch app or past erasing your onetime Apple Watch.
  2. Pair your new Apple Lookout man with your iPhone. During setup, tap "Fix upwards Cellular" to add a cellular plan.
  3. Some carriers permit y'all to transfer your existing plan to your new Apple Watch directly from the Apple tree Lookout man app.
  4. If you don't run across an option to transfer your cellular plan, contact your carrier for help.

iPhone showing Cellular screen in Watch app

Remove your cellular plan

Yous can remove your cellular program at any time:

  1. On your iPhone, open the Apple tree Picket app.
  2. Tap the My Spotter tab, then tap Cellular.
  3. Tap the information button adjacent to your cellular plan at the pinnacle of the screen.
  4. Tap Remove [carrier] Plan. Tap again to ostend.
  5. If you aren't going to pair again, you might need to contact your carrier to cancel your cellular subscription.*

When you lot erase and unpair your Apple Watch, you also become the option to remove the plan from your Apple Watch. When asked, choose Erase All to remove the plan.

* Carrier fees may apply. Contact your carrier for details.

Nearly international roaming

  • Cellular roaming isn't supported exterior your carrier network coverage expanse.
  • To comprehend the LTE and UMTS bands used around the earth, cellular models of Apple Watch come in regional models for the Americas, China mainland, and Europe/Asia Pacific. Unlike iPhone, there isn't a worldwide Apple Watch model that supports all cellular bands used globally.
  • When your Apple Watch is connected to your iPhone or a previously joined Wi-Fi network, you can withal employ all the features of your Apple Watch, fifty-fifty if cellular isn't available.

Find out which carriers in your state or region offer cellular service for Apple Lookout man.

Learn more

  • To check your cellular data usage, utilise the Apple Watch app. Open the app on your iPhone, tap the My Sentinel tab, tap Cellular, and so scroll to the Cellular Data Usage section.
  • To plow your cellular connexion on or off, swipe upward from the spotter face to open Control Center. Tap the cellular push button, then plough Cellular on or off.
  • Turning on cellular for extended periods uses more than battery power. Also, some apps might not update without a connexion to your iPhone.
  • To receive SMS, MMS, or push notifications from third-party apps on your Apple Watch with cellular, your paired iPhone must be powered on and continued to Wi-Fi or cellular.
  • Learn how to use Dual SIM with cellular models of Apple Watch.

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