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do apple earbuds connect to apple watch cellular?

do apple earbuds connect to apple watch cellular?


Posted on Jan 17, 2020 12:26 PM

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Jan 17, 2020 5:28 PM in response to Stephanie Grubert

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204691

https://www.audible.com/ep/apple-watch


I think for Audiobooks you have to transfer them to the Apple Watch, so it does not matter if you have Cellular or just a GPS only model.


If you want to stream music, then currently Apple Music is the only option. If that is something you want to do vs storing your own music on the Apple Watch, then a cellular model could be useful. But as you can store you own music, or podcasts, or audiobooks on the Apple Watch, you an also skip the cellular costs.


The Apple Watch GPS only can do  Everything  the cellular model can do  as long as  your iPhone is nearby, where nearby is somewhere in the same 3-4 bedroom home (assuming typical wood frame construction).


If you want to leave your iPhone at home, and still make/receive phone calls, send/receive messages, stream Apple Music, etc... then a Cellular model can do that.


The Cellular model shares your iPhone's phone number, and carriers that support the Apple Watch charge a monthly fee for that service. In the U.S. the carriers that support the Apple Watch charge $10 per month, which is added to your iPhone monthly bill.


iPhone Cellular Carriers that support the Apple Watch, which models, the radio frequencies each model uses, and the country where they offer service:

https://www.apple.com/watch/cellular


The current shipping Apple Watch Series 3 and 5 models require an iPhone 6s, SE, 7 or newer running iOS 13.  It will Not pair with the iPhone 6 or older.

do apple earbuds connect to apple watch cellular?

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